IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tepecreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043002
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043002
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 15
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0672
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66015
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet E and 2600 feet S of NW corner NW 1/4
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tepecreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryoboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1993
  • 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: 6/28/1993 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARCO

    FESC

    JUCO

    JUSC

    PICO

    PSME

    Arabis cobrensis

    Festuca scabrella

    Juncus compressus

    Juncus scirpoides

    Pinus contorta

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    sagebrush rockcress

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    roundfruit rush

    needlepod rush

    lodgepole pine

    Douglas-fir

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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

    25

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    2135

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 93P04668. partially to mostly decomposed needles, leaves, and twigs.
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04667. coarse fragments <2mm - 190gm; >2mm - 100gm.
    E1—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04668. coarse fragments <2mm - 95gm; >2mm - 140gm.
    E2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04669. coarse fragments <2mm - 140gm; >2mm - 270gm.
    Bt/E—36 to 54 centimeters (14.2 to 21.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 90 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 93P04670
    Bt/E—36 to 54 centimeters (14.2 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04670. coarse fragments <2mm - 190gm; >2mm - 230gm.
    Bt2—54 to 77 centimeters (21.3 to 30.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04671. coarse fragments <2mm - 200gm; 2-5mm - 400gm; 5-20mm - 220gm.
    Cr—77 to 110 centimeters (30.3 to 43.3 inches); fragments; noneffervescent. decomposing granite crushes to extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand.
    R—110 to 135 centimeters (43.3 to 53.1 inches); fragments. granite bedrock.