IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vananda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT103003
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT103003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MT103003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3553
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39218
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.3827133
  • Std. Longitude: -107.2582169
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 720 feet north and 20 feet west of southeast corner
  • 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 #: 3
  • 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

  • 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

    ATGA

    NAVI4

    OPUNT

    PASM

    POSE

    Atriplex gardneri

    Nassella viridula

    Opuntia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Gardner's saltbush

    green needlegrass

    pricklypear

    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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    815

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; clay; weak thick platy parts to strong very fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27408
    B21—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; weak medium, and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27409. patchy - phpvsfiid 197081; patchy - phpvsfiid 197081
    B22—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27410. numerous roots along structure face.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197082; patchy - phpvsfiid 197082
    B3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27411
    C1cs—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive (5Y 5/3), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27412. with a few unweathered shale fragments.
    C2—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, thymol-blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27413. mixed with shale fragments.
    C3—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27414. mixed with numerous shale fragments; in spots.