IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yawdim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT043008
  • User Pedon ID: 92MT043008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT043008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P1064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65303
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.8602791
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2455521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet W and 200 feet N 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yawdim
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, shallow Ustic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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

    ACHY

    AGSM

    AGSP

    ARFR

    CYNA

    NAVI4

    UMBEL

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Agropyron smithii

    Agropyron spicatum

    Arenaria franklinii

    Cymbopogon nardus

    Nassella viridula

    Umbellularia

    Indian ricegrass

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    Franklin's sandwort

    citronella grass

    green needlegrass

    California laurel

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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

    11

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    1457

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    175

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent coats; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06716
    Bk1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06717
    Bk2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats; 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06718
    Bk3—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent coats; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06719. highly fractured wcc shale.
    Cr1—41 to 97 centimeters (16.1 to 38.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; massive; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06720
    Cr2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; massive; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 92P06721. WCC-sandy shale.