IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elve
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043014
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0684
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66027
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.3173981
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2031021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W and 2150 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Keck
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elve
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARNIC

    CARU

    FECA4

    FRAGA

    JUNIP

    PICO

    PSME

    SPBE2

    Arnica

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Festuca campestris

    Fragaria

    Juniperus

    Pinus contorta

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Spiraea betulifolia

    arnica

    pinegrass

    rough fescue

    strawberry

    juniper

    lodgepole pine

    Douglas-fir

    white spirea

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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

    38

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    2135

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; fragments. decomposing needles and twigs.
    A—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very stony sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04721
    Bw—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely stony sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04722
    BC—58 to 157 centimeters (22.8 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely stony sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P04723