IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Busby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT111006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT111006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3530
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39195
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • 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: 45.6524239
  • Std. Longitude: -108.8277054
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1370 feet west and 400 feet south of northeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT111—Yellowstone County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave R. Cawlfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Borollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Busby
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McRae
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1956 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine and 3.0 coarse pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27242
    B2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; weak coarse platy, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 medium and coarse pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27243. patchy - phpvsfiid 187898; patchy - phpvsfiid 187898
    B3—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium and coarse pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27244
    C1ca—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 medium and coarse pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27245
    C2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27246
    C3—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27247
    C4—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27248
    C5—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A27249
    C6—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A27250