IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monaberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043006
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0676
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66019
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 46.0771217
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0064240
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet E and 650 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monaberg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    CAREX

    FEID

    KOCR

    LUPIN

    POSE

    Achillea

    Carex

    Festuca idahoensis

    Koeleria cristata

    Lupinus

    Poa secunda

    yarrow

    sedge

    Idaho fescue

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    lupine

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    3

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    2013

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    90

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04684. high organic matter.
    A2—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04685. high organic matter.
    Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay; 33 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04686. sieved sample weights <2mm - 140gm; >2mm - 60gm.
    Bt2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P04687. sieved sample weights <2mm - 120gm; >2mm - 70gm.
    BC—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P04688. sieved sample weights <2mm - 180gm; >2mm - 120gm.