IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT097002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT097002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT097002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42571
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 5 N
  • Range: 13 E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 528' W and 120' N of E 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: native grass range in excellent condition
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT097—Sweet Grass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melville
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: nonflat 2- to 75-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    KOMA

    PASM

    PSSP6

    Festuca idahoensis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Idaho fescue

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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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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    1676.4

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    68

    432

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    4.4

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40056
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40057. continuous - phpvsfiid 454787; continuous - phpvsfiid 454787
    B11—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40058. continuous - phpvsfiid 454816; continuous - phpvsfiid 454816
    B12—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40059
    B13—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40060
    B2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay loam; moderate fine blocky, and moderate very fine blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40061
    Bk1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 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; clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A40062
    Bk2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; hard, friable, weakly coherent, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40063
    C1—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40064
    C2—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; fragments.