IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluecreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT097003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT097003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT097003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5325
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42572
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1 N
  • Range: 14 E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 750' south, 625; east of the N 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 350' NE from NE corner of airport fence; closely grazed native grass range
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT097—Sweet Grass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluecreek
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: nonflat 2- to 75-millimeter nonflat 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1957 (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

    NAVI4

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Nassella viridula

    Yucca

    blue grama

    needle and thread

    green needlegrass

    yucca

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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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    1371.6

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    381

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    7.8

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40065. continuous - phpvsfiid 455404; continuous - phpvsfiid 455404
    B1—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40066. continuous - phpvsfiid 455405; continuous - phpvsfiid 455405
    B21—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40067. continuous - phpvsfiid 455408; continuous - phpvsfiid 455408
    B22—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, and brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40068. continuous - phpvsfiid 455410; continuous - phpvsfiid 455410
    Bk1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium blocky, and weak fine blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40069
    Bk2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40070
    C1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; very gravelly sand; massive; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40071
    C2—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40072
    C3—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments.