IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TELSTAD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT041003
  • User Pedon ID: 92MT041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0838
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65078
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.4913902
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8027802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1917 feet S and 34 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT041—Hill
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT041—Hill County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TELSTAD
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Telstad
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGCR

    Agropyron cristatum

    crested wheatgrass

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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

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05187
    Bt—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05188
    Btk—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05189
    Bk—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05190
    Bky—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine gypsum masses and 21 percent fine and medium lime masses; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05191
    By1—122 to 188 centimeters (48.0 to 74.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent medium gypsum masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05192
    By2—188 to 254 centimeters (74.0 to 100.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent medium gypsum masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P05193