IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sappington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT043007
  • User Pedon ID: 92MT043007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT043007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P1063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65302
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.8744431
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2422256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet N and 30 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45112-G2—Vendome, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sappington
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Aridic Argiborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTR

    BOGR

    POSE

    STCO4

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Boerhavia gracillima

    Poa secunda

    Stipa comata

    Jack in the pulpit

    slimstalk spiderling

    Sandberg 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

    3

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    1430

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    100

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06709
    Bt1—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate and strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06710
    Btk—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06711
    Bk1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06712
    Bk2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 5.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06713
    Bk3—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06714
    Bk4—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 92P06715