IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hysham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952MT111028
  • User Pedon ID: S1952MT111028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3513
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39178
  • 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: 45.9271507
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2713013
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 NW1/4
  • Location Description: (Photo 9G-124); Anton Pfiffer farm.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT111—Yellowstone County, Montana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Bourne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hysham
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hysham
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: swale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1952 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9G-124
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27136
    C1ca—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27137
    C2gcs—46 to 94 centimeters (18.1 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; brown (7.5YR 5/3) and gray (N 5/0) mottles; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27138
    C3g—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay loam; gray (10YR 5/1) and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27139
    C4g—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27140