IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bew
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT107004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT107004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT107004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5330
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42577
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8 N
  • Range: 16 E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 150' west and 140' south of the NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT107—Wheatland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bew
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1957 (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

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    HECOC8

    PASM

    PHLOX

    PSSP6

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Phlox

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    needle and thread

    western wheatgrass

    phlox

    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

    0.5

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    1371.6

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    305

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    6.1

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40103
    B1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic, and weak very fine angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40104. continuous - phpvsfiid 454104; continuous - phpvsfiid 454104
    B21—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40105. continuous - phpvsfiid 454195; continuous - phpvsfiid 454195
    B22—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40106. continuous - phpvsfiid 454196; continuous - phpvsfiid 454196
    Bk1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40107
    Bk2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40108
    Bk3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), white (2.5Y 8/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40109
    Bk4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; 21 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) fine distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40110