IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaverdump
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT089001
  • User Pedon ID: 92MT089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0646
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64885
  • 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: 47.6941681
  • Std. Longitude: -115.4680557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet N and 2300 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT651—Sanders and Parts of Lincoln and Flathead Counties, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47115-F4—Belknap, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CRS and TJW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaverdump
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaverdump
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Vitrandic Haploxeral
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1992
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    8

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    841

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    270

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    A—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03888
    Bs—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03889
    2E/Bt1—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03890
    2E/Bt1—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03890
    2E/Bt2—60 to 99 centimeters (23.6 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03891
    2E/Bt2—60 to 99 centimeters (23.6 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03891
    2C—99 to 154 centimeters (39.0 to 60.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; extremely cobbly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03892