IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berray
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT089004
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT089004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT089004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0290
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66468
  • 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: 48.1994438
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8461075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet west 600 feet north, southeast corner
  • Location Description: Bull River Highway.
  • 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: GLS-TW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berray
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berray
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Udivitrand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    LARIX

    THPL

    TSHE

    Larix

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    larch

    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

    5

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    720

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    90

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    E—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 94P01823. no sample
    Bs1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01818
    Bs2—8 to 41 centimeters (3.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01819
    2E—16 to 58 centimeters (6.3 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01820
    2E/Bt1—23 to 99 centimeters (9.1 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01821. Horizon was originally 2E&Bt1.
    2E/Bt1—23 to 99 centimeters (9.1 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 90 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog.
    2E/Bt2—39 to 152 centimeters (15.4 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 75 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog.
    2E/Bt2—39 to 152 centimeters (15.4 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01822. Horizon was originally 2E&Bt2.