IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charlos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955MT009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955MT009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3488
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39153
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 45.2232552
  • Std. Longitude: -109.2588272
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SW, NW, NW
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT009—Carbon
  • MLRA: 46—Northern and Central Rocky Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT611—Carbon County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45109-B3—Red Lodge West, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Bourne, James Allen, and R. L. Moshier.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlos
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlos
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1955
  • 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: 8/29/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; strong medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26968
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26969
    B21—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26970
    IIB22—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26971
    IIC1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A26972
    IIC2—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26973