IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Absarokee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT111008
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT111008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MT111008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3480
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38595
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.5352058
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2715759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet east and 800 feet north of southwest 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-E3—Soda Springs, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave R. Cawlfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Absarokee
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Absarokee
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    FEID

    PASM

    PHLOX

    Festuca idahoensis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Phlox

    Idaho fescue

    western wheatgrass

    phlox

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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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    1219

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    IIR—; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26927. Hard sandstone interbedded with soft yellow and brown shale (not sampled).
    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26921. moderate fine crumb structure
    AB—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine to medium and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26922
    B21t—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A26923
    B22t—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26924
    C1ca—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26925
    IIC2ca—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26926. Shattered sandstone and shale with interstices filled with fine earth, roots with matting of roots along structure planes.