IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sipple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT027003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT027003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42567
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 14 N
  • Range: 16 E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 112' north, 55' east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: in heavily grazed pasture
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT027—Fergus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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

    PASM

    POA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

    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

    0.5

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    1524

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    432

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    5.6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40025
    AB—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40026. continuous - phpvsfiid 452469; continuous - phpvsfiid 452469
    B—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to weak medium prismatic, and strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40027. continuous - phpvsfiid 452471; continuous - phpvsfiid 452471
    Bk1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40028. continuous - phpvsfiid 452477; continuous - phpvsfiid 452477
    Bk2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40029
    Bk3—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40030
    Bk4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; sandy loam, clay loam; massive; very hard, friable; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A40031
    152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments.