IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TORPY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MT001006
  • User Pedon ID: 98MT001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10615
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.5169449
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7502747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT001—Beaverhead
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT605—Beaverhead National Forest Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TORPY
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Vitrandic Cryochrepts
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/31/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F27-28
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate fine granular parts to weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # 98P02032
    Bs1—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 98P02033
    Bs2—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 98P02034
    BC—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 98P02035