IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1951MT111009
  • User Pedon ID: S1951MT111009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1951MT111009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39155
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.9602051
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1193542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 SE1/4
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT111—Yellowstone County, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45108-H1—Nibbe, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Bourne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Aridic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Richey
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherry
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1951
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1951 (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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26980
    B2—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; strong angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26981
    C1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26982
    C2—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26983
    C3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silt loam, silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26984
    A1b—137 to 147 centimeters (53.9 to 57.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26985
    IIB2b—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26986