IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vananda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT103001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT103001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MT103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3551
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39216
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.3593788
  • Std. Longitude: -107.2276611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 100 feet west of center
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT103—Treasure
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT103—Treasure County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave R. Cawlfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, calcareous, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vananda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vananda
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1956 (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

    PASM

    POSE

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    western wheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    2

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    808

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak thick platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27393. HCL
    B21—6 to 30 centimeters (2.4 to 11.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27394. patchy - phpvsfiid 197077; patchy - phpvsfiid 197077
    B22—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27395. patchy - phpvsfiid 197078; patchy - phpvsfiid 197078
    C1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27396
    C2—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27397
    C3cs—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27398
    C4cs—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27399. weakly in spots;.