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: 11/11/2024

    • 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