IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT0391301
  • User Pedon ID: 92MT0391301
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT0391301
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0598
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64837
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 46.6163902
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0461121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet E and 350 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: 7.5 minute Quad Dunkleberg Creek - USGS.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT039—Granite
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT621—Granite County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brian Dougherty
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 130
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryell
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Torrifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/31/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 248-151
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CIVU

    POPUL

    SALIX

    VERBA

    Cirsium vulgare

    Populus

    Salix

    Verbascum

    bull thistle

    cottonwood

    willow

    mullein

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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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    1234

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); sandy loam; fragments.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam, stratified sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03595
    C1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; stratified loamy fine sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03596
    C2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; stratified loamy fine sand; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03597
    C3—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03598
    C4—64 to 92 centimeters (25.2 to 36.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03599
    2C5—92 to 186 centimeters (36.2 to 73.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03600