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:
11/21/2024
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:
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.