IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stargulch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT089001
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT089001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66465
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 48.0702782
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9583359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet north and 1800 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT651—Sanders and Parts of Lincoln and Flathead Counties, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CRS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Andic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stargulch
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stargulch
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Andic Paleboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1993 (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

    ABGR

    ADBI

    ALIN

    BEPA

    CLUN

    COCA

    COOC

    HODI

    LAOC

    LIBO

    PIMO

    PIPO

    POTR

    PSME

    PTAQ

    RUUR

    SPBE

    THPL

    TSHE

    Abies grandis

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Allionia incarnata

    Betula papyrifera

    Clarkia unguiculata

    Cocculus carolinus

    Coptis occidentalis

    Holodiscus discolor

    Larix occidentalis

    Lilium bolanderi

    Pinus monophylla

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa tracyi

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Rubus ursinus

    Spiraea beauverdiana

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    grand fir

    American trailplant

    trailing windmills

    paper birch

    elegant clarkia

    Carolina coralbead

    Idaho goldthread

    oceanspray

    western larch

    Bolander's lily

    singleleaf pinyon

    ponderosa pine

    Tracy's bluegrass

    Douglas-fir

    western brackenfern

    California blackberry

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    western redcedar

    western hemlock

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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

    2

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    677

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. no sample
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01800
    Bs1—4 to 22 centimeters (1.6 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01801
    Bs2—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01802
    2E—15 to 66 centimeters (5.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01803
    2E/Bt—27 to 114 centimeters (10.6 to 44.9 inches); 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 75 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01805. 94P1805. Horizon was originally 2E&Bt.
    2E/Bt—27 to 114 centimeters (10.6 to 44.9 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 75 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01804
    2Bt/E—46 to 154 centimeters (18.1 to 60.6 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 75 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01807. 94P1807. Horizon was originally 2Bt&E.
    2Bt/E—46 to 154 centimeters (18.1 to 60.6 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 75 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01806