IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wemple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT093011
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT093011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0950
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63987
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 46.0774994
  • Std. Longitude: -112.6083298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 725 feet east 400 feet north of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT093—Silver Bow

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wemple
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy Typic Argiborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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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    1707

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05931. many very fine roots
    Bt1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05932. tops of prisms have 1 cm of (10yr 5/2) platy structure; many very fine roots
    Bt2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05933. texture sample has "soapy" feel; many very fine roots
    Bt3—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05934. effervescent is discontinuous-in cracks; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bk—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P05935. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    Crk—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), white (5Y 8/1), dry; nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05936. Crk material is weathered tuff- no roots in horizon, lime in fractures
    Cr—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), white (5Y 8/1), dry; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 91P05937. semi consolidated rhyoclastic tuff