IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wemple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT093012
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT093012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MT093012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0951
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63988
  • 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: 46.0855560
  • Std. Longitude: -112.5916672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet west 1900 feet south of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT093—Silver Bow

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wemple
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • 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

    AGSP

    ARTR

    POA

    Agropyron spicatum

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Poa

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    Jack in the pulpit

    bluegrass

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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

    4

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    1740

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    135

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    A1—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 and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05942
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05943. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05944. few fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bc—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05945. many very fine roots
    Crk1—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), white (5Y 8/1), dry; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P05946. highly fractured tuff with loamy sand between frags, lime is deposited in fractures, roots in fractures
    Crk2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), white (5Y 8/1), dry; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P05947. fractured brittle tuff, some line in fractures-also some roots in fractures