IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Courvash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994MT089003
  • User Pedon ID: 94MT089003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994MT089003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0605
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66778
  • 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: 48.1124992
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8188858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west, 200 feet north of the east 1/4 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: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Alfic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Courvash
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Courvash
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Alfic Udiv
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    BERE

    CARU

    CLUN

    COOL

    FRAG

    LIBO

    Berberis repens

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Clarkia unguiculata

    Corchorus olitorius

    Fritillaria agrestis

    Lilium bolanderi

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    pinegrass

    elegant clarkia

    nalta jute

    stinkbells

    Bolander's lily

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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

    12

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    725

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    270

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P04377. color is discontinuous
    Bs—3 to 43 centimeters (1.2 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; cobbly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04378
    2E—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; very cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P04379
    2Bt/E—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P04380
    2Bt/E—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P04380
    3Bt—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P04381