IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wemple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT093009
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT093009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0948
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63985
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025
  • 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: -112.7316666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet north and 1600 feet east of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT093—Silver Bow
  • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wemple
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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

    2

    1640

    45

    E1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05907
    E2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05908
    Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05909
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05910
    Bt3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P05911
    Bk1—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05912
    Bk2—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05913
    Cr—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/4), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 91P05914. fractured tuff brittle