IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Danvers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT111001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT111001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3493
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39158
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 45.8582611
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1101837
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet north and 150 feet west of southeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT111—Yellowstone County, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45108-G1—Gails Coulee, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave R. Cawlfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Danvers
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Danvers
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; soft, very friable, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27001. weak very fine crumb.
    B21t—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27002. continuous - phpvsfiid 192337; continuous - phpvsfiid 192337
    B22t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27003. plentiful fine rock; continuous - phpvsfiid 192338; continuous - phpvsfiid 192338
    B3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27004. patchy - phpvsfiid 192340; patchy - phpvsfiid 192340
    C1ca—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; weak thick platy parts to fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27005. roots along horizontal surface.
    C2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27006
    C3—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27007
    C4ca—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27008
    C5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27009