IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Varney
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1991MT093002
User Pedon ID:
91MT093002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1991MT093002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
91P0941
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
63978
Print Date:
11/21/2024
LOCATION
Location In Web Soil Survey
AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
Location in SoilWeb
Location in Google Maps
Std. Latitude:
46.0066681
Std. Longitude:
-112.6833344
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
3N
Range:
9W
Section:
14
PLSS Details:
2400 feet west and 550 feet north SE corner
State:
Montana
County:
MT093—Silver Bow
PEDON
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
2
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Varney
Classificaton Date -
7/1/1991
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
CENTA
Centaurea
knapweed
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Setting and Climate
Slope
Slope Length USLE
Upslope Length
Elev.
Corr. Elev
Aspect
MAP
REAP
FFD
MAAT
MSAT
MWAT
MAST
MSST
MWST
MFFP
PE Index
Climate Station ID
Climate Station Name
Climate Station Type
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
1
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1632
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270
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Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05818. few fine roots; many very fine roots
Ap2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05819. few fine roots; many very fine roots
Bt1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05820. few fine roots; many very fine roots
Bt2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P05821. few fine roots; common very fine roots
Bk—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P05822. few very fine roots
Bkz—84 to 140 centimeters (33.1 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05823. few very fine roots
Bz—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P05824