IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elve
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT043012
  • User Pedon ID: 92MT043012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT043012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P1068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65307
  • 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: 46.5299988
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0255585
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet N and 1700 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46112-E1—Helena, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elve
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1992 (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

    LIBO

    Lilium bolanderi

    Bolander's lily

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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

    41

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    50

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. needles, twigs, leaves, cones, moss and partially decomposed needles, twigs, cones and leaves.
    E1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06733
    E2—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very stony coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary.
    E/B—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; very stony coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence.
    E/B—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 85 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very stony coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence.
    R—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); fragments. Looks like fragmental with boulders and stones.