IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanstel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953MT111002
  • User Pedon ID: S1953MT111002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953MT111002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3516
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39181
  • 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: 45.8468704
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2674103
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 SE1/4
  • Location Description: about 250 feet east of west line and 75 feet north of bench edge.
  • 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-silty, mixed, frigid Borollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanstel
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KEISER
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1953 (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

    ACHNA

    Achnatherum

    needlegrass

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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

    3

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27152
    B1—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate platy parts to strong fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27153
    B2T—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27154
    B3—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27155
    C1CA—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27156
    C2CA—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27157
    C3—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27158
    C4—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27159