IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elvick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043011
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0681
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66024
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.0471230
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0255966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet E and 950 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elvick
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elve
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1993 (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

    2MOSS

    ABLA

    ARCO

    CAREX

    CARU

    JUCO

    PICO

    PIEN

    PSME

    THALI2

    VASC

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    Abies lasiocarpa

    Arabis cobrensis

    Carex

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Juncus compressus

    Pinus contorta

    Picea engelmannii

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thalictrum

    Vaccinium scoparium

    Moss

    subalpine fir

    sagebrush rockcress

    sedge

    pinegrass

    roundfruit rush

    lodgepole pine

    Engelmann spruce

    Douglas-fir

    meadow-rue

    grouse whortleberry

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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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    2257

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. mostly decomposed needles, leaves, and twigs.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; cobbly loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified.
    E1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04712
    E2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04713
    E\Bw—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 80 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very cobbly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04714
    Bw—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very cobbly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04715
    BC—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely cobbly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P04716