IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sipple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42566
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 14 N
  • Range: 16 E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 40' S and 20' N of N 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: in corner of pasture 100' from cultivated field on north
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT027—Fergus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sipple
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1957 (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

    BOGR2

    HECOC8

    KOMA

    NAVI4

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Koeleria macrantha

    Nassella viridula

    blue grama

    needle and thread

    prairie Junegrass

    green needlegrass

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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

    0.5

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    1676.4

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    457

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    5.6

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40016. patchy - phpvsfiid 452357; patchy - phpvsfiid 452357
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40017. patchy - phpvsfiid 452367; patchy - phpvsfiid 452367
    B1—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); 10YR 2.5/2 (10YR 2.5/2) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40018. continuous - phpvsfiid 452378; patchy - phpvsfiid 452379; continuous - phpvsfiid 452378; patchy - phpvsfiid 452379
    B21—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40019. continuous - phpvsfiid 452380; continuous - phpvsfiid 452380
    B22—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40020. continuous - phpvsfiid 452381; continuous - phpvsfiid 452381
    B3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine blocky, and strong fine prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40021. continuous - phpvsfiid 452382; continuous - phpvsfiid 452382
    Bk1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); 10Y 6/3 (10Y 6/3) and dark grayish olive (10Y 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40022
    Bk2—79 to 140 centimeters (31.1 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40023
    C—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravel; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40024