IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bielenberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT093007
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT093007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0946
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63983
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 45.9958344
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7219467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet west and 1900 feet north of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT093—Silver Bow

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bielenberg
  • 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
    • 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

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    1640

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05887. many very fine roots
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05888. many very fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05889. many very fine roots
    Bt2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05890. few very fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bt3—43 to 99 centimeters (16.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P05891. few very fine roots
    Bk—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P05892. coatings of lime on undersides of rock fragments & also disseminated lime