IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HARLEM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950MT085004
  • User Pedon ID: S1950MT085004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1950MT085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3555
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39220
  • 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: 48.0557785
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8234634
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile south and 100 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT085—Roosevelt
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT661—Roosevelt and Daniels Counties, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HARLEM
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wolf Point
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1950 (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

    CAREX

    PASM

    Carex

    Pascopyrum smithii

    sedge

    western wheatgrass

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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
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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27421. weak granular structure below surface inch.
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; weak granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27422
    C1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27423
    C2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist; clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27424
    C3—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist; clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27425
    C4—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27426
    C5—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27427
    C6—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27428