IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashbon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043004
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043004
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 12
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0674
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66017
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 45.9421196
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2956009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet E and 1500 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashbon
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Lithic Ustorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 25.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1993 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHIL

    AGSP

    ARTR

    JUSC

    PSME

    PUTR

    Achillea

    Agropyron spicatum

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Juncus scirpoides

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Puccinellia triflora

    yarrow

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    Jack in the pulpit

    needlepod rush

    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

    43

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    1626

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. partially decomposed needles, leaves, and twigs.
    A—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 28 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04677
    C—12 to 35 centimeters (4.7 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 53 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04678
    Cgr—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 0.5 medium roots in cracks; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 93P04679
    R—43 to 68 centimeters (16.9 to 26.8 inches); fragments. gray hard granite.