IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hopley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953MT111003
  • User Pedon ID: S1953MT111003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953MT111003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3511
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39176
  • 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: 45.8504829
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2715759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 NW1/4
  • Location Description: on rounded ridge southeast of small Kettle hole.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hopley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hopley
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • 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

    ARTEM

    Artemisia

    sagebrush

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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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27122
    A3—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to very fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27123
    B2—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27124
    B3ca—17 to 25 centimeters (6.7 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27125
    C1ca—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27126
    C2ca—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27127
    C3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27128