IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sweetgrass
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1955MT095002
User Pedon ID:
S1955MT095002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1955MT095002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A3547
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
39212
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
45.4866676
Std. Longitude:
-109.4400024
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
4S
Range:
18E
Section:
13
PLSS Details:
SE, SE, NE
Location Description:
2.5 miles south of Absarokee
State:
Montana
County:
MT095—Stillwater
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MT655—Stillwater County Area, Montana
PEDON
Describers Name:
W. C. Bourne
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
2
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sweetgrass
Classificaton Date -
8/30/1955
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/30/1955 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
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
PASM
Pascopyrum smithii
western wheatgrass
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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
1
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45
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Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A27365
B21t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A27366. The peds have strong clay skins; the crushed color is slightly lighter than given.
B22t—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27367. Strong clay skins on peds; crushed color is slightly lighter than given.
C1ca—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; gravelly loam; massive; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A27368. Weakly stratified with an abundance of lime.
IIC2ca—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 85 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27369. Lime and fine earth surround the cobbles.
IIC3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27370. Sand and gravel from strongly weathered granitic cobbles and gravel.