IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monaberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043007
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0677
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66020
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet E and 1500 feet N of SW corner SW 1/4
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monaberg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 25.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1993 (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

    ANTEN

    DELPH

    FEID

    FESC

    GERAN

    KACR

    LUPIN

    POSE

    Achillea

    Antennaria

    Delphinium

    Festuca idahoensis

    Festuca scabrella

    Geranium

    Kalanchoe crenata

    Lupinus

    Poa secunda

    yarrow

    pussytoes

    larkspur

    Idaho fescue

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    geranium

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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

    5

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    2135

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    45

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04689. high organic material.
    A2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04690
    Bt—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04691. clay films on rock fragments and common distinct film on ped faces.
    BC1—56 to 104 centimeters (22.0 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P04692. clay percent feels the same but fragments are clean and no obvious film on ped faces.
    BC2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P04693