IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hopley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953MT111012
  • User Pedon ID: S1953MT111012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39177
  • 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: 45.8146515
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1482391
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 SW1/4
  • Location Description: about 350 feet west and 75 feet north of southeast corner.
  • 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 #: 12
  • 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: bench
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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
    • 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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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27129
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine structure; soft, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27130
    B21—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27131
    B22—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27132
    B3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27133
    C1ca—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27134
    C2—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loamy fine sand; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27135