IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluecreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT097004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT097004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT097004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42573
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2 N
  • Range: 13 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1000' S and 900' W of center
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT097—Sweet Grass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • 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
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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

    BOGR2

    FEID

    LUPIN

    PASM

    PSSP6

    VICIA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Festuca idahoensis

    Lupinus

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Vicia

    blue grama

    Idaho fescue

    lupine

    western wheatgrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    vetch

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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

    3

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    1402.1

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    135

    381

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    7.8

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    A—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); 10YR 2.5/2 (10YR 2.5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40073
    B—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; strong medium granular, and strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 455458; continuous - phpvsfiid 455458
    B1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very 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 smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40074. continuous - phpvsfiid 455459; continuous - phpvsfiid 455459
    B2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, and brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40075. continuous - phpvsfiid 455467; continuous - phpvsfiid 455467
    B3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; gravelly 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, very sticky, very plastic; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40076. continuous - phpvsfiid 455468; continuous - phpvsfiid 455468
    B4—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly clay; weak medium prismatic parts to very strong medium angular blocky parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to very strong medium angular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to very strong medium angular blocky parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to very strong medium angular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; brown (10YR 5/3), dry, and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40077. continuous - phpvsfiid 455469; continuous - phpvsfiid 455469
    Bk1—57 to 66 centimeters (22.4 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; gravelly clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40078. continuous - phpvsfiid 455476; continuous - phpvsfiid 455476
    Bk2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40079
    Bk3—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very gravelly clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40080
    C—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very gravelly clay loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40081