IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950MT085006
  • User Pedon ID: S1950MT085006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3550
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39215
  • 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: 48.0738335
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8173523
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile east of west quarter 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, calcareous, frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vananda
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1950 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist; clay; angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A27385
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist; clay; weak angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; opal; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27386
    Ccs1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27387
    Ccs2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay, silt loam; massive; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27388
    Ccs3—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27389
    C4—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent opal; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27390
    Cg5—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent opal; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27391
    Cg6—157 to 213 centimeters (61.8 to 83.9 inches);, pale olive (5Y 6/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27392