IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Franconi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043001
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043001
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 35
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0671
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66014
  • 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: 46.0640678
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0155945
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet W and 150 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Franconi
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryoboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 25.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1993 (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

    ACHIL

    AGSP

    ARCO

    ARTR

    BASA

    FEID

    FRAGA

    JUCO

    KOCR

    LUPIN

    PICO

    POSE

    PSME

    RILA

    Achillea

    Agropyron spicatum

    Arabis cobrensis

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Baccharis salicina

    Festuca idahoensis

    Fragaria

    Juncus compressus

    Koeleria cristata

    Lupinus

    Pinus contorta

    Poa secunda

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Ribes lacustre

    yarrow

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    sagebrush rockcress

    Jack in the pulpit

    willow baccharis

    Idaho fescue

    strawberry

    roundfruit rush

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    lupine

    lodgepole pine

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Douglas-fir

    prickly currant

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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

    19

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    2150

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    140

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04664. dark color indicates high organic matter content but not thick enough for mollic (logged 20 years ago); coarse fragments <2 mm - 190 gm, >2 mm - 60 gm.
    Bt1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 38 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04665. texture may be <20% but is sticky and very slightly plastic; coarse fragments <2mm - 380 gm, >2mm - 290 gm.
    Bt2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 63 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04666. coarse fragments <2mm - 190 gm; 2-5mm - 170 gm; 5-20mm - 110 gm.
    Cr—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); fragments. decomposing granite that crushes to extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand.
    R—58 centimeters (22.8 inches); fragments. hard granite bedrock.