IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bigbeaver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT089006
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT089006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT089006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0292
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66470
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.1833344
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8594437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet east 400 feet north southwest 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: GLS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigbeaver
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bullriver
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, acid, frigid Aeric Endoaquent
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1993 (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

    CRATA

    Crataegus

    hawthorn

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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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    711

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01830
    C1—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01831
    C2—13 to 51 centimeters (5.1 to 20.1 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 3 percent fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01832
    C3—20 to 84 centimeters (7.9 to 33.1 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01833
    C4—33 to 102 centimeters (13.0 to 40.2 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 20 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01834
    C5—40 to 135 centimeters (15.7 to 53.1 inches); 75 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 25 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sandy loam; 3 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01835
    C6—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); 75 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 25 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loamy sand; 3 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01836