IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vananda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT103004
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT103004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MT103004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3554
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39219
  • 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: 46.3957672
  • Std. Longitude: -107.3834991
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 100 feet west of east quarter 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 #: 4
  • 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

    OPPO

    PASM

    POSE

    Atriplex gardneri

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Gardner's saltbush

    plains 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

    6

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    823

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; clay; weak thick platy parts to strong very fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27415
    B21—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; clay; moderate medium, and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27416. patchy - phpvsfiid 197083; patchy - phpvsfiid 197083
    B22—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; clay; moderate medium, and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27417. patchy - phpvsfiid 197084; patchy - phpvsfiid 197084
    C1cs—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; coarse and 3 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27418
    C2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27419. common medium prominent white splotches.
    C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky, and massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27420. few roots in upper portion.