IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MT107005
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MT107005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957MT107005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5331
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42578
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6 N
  • Range: 14 E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 225' S of NE corner
  • Location Description: In 15' wide virgin grass strip between grain field and graveled graded road built in 1956
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT107—Wheatland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1957
  • 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: 10/3/1957 (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

    HECOC8

    KOMA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Koeleria macrantha

    blue grama

    needle and thread

    prairie Junegrass

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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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    381

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    5

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40111
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); 10YR 2.5/3 (10YR 2.5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40112. continuous - phpvsfiid 454316; continuous - phpvsfiid 454316
    B11—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and strong fine prismatic parts to weak fine granular, and strong medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40113. continuous - phpvsfiid 454317; continuous - phpvsfiid 454317
    B12—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; strong fine prismatic, and strong medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40114. continuous - phpvsfiid 454318; continuous - phpvsfiid 454318
    B2—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40115
    Bk1—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40116
    Bk2—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), white (2.5Y 8/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40117
    C—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), white (2.5Y 8/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40118