IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Absher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952MT111026
  • User Pedon ID: S1952MT111026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1952MT111026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3485
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39150
  • 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: 45.9493713
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2615814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, SE1/4
  • Location Description: a few rods from S52MT5625 (Arvada).
  • 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-H3—Huntley, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Bourne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Absher
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvada
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1952 (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

    GRIND

    SALVI

    Grindelia

    Salvia

    gumweed

    sage

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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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    A2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A26953
    B2t—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26954. strong columns 2 to 6 inches in diameter with upper 1/2-inch having weak platy structure and coated light gray.
    B2sa—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26955
    C1cs—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26956
    C2—66 to 132 centimeters (26.0 to 52.0 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26957