IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenough
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961MT063001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961MT063001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961MT063001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38435
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 47.0684929
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4168015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 0.125 mile east and 0.125 mile north of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, frigid Glossic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenough
  • PSC - 43 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenough
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CNQ 1P-79
  • 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

    ALNUS

    AMELA

    ARNIC

    ARUV

    BALSA

    CAGA3

    GAYLU

    Alnus

    Amelanchier

    Arnica

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Balsamorhiza

    Carex garberi

    Gaylussacia

    alder

    serviceberry

    arnica

    kinnikinnick

    balsamroot

    elk sedge

    huckleberry

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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

    18

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    991

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    270

    381

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    6.7

    15.6

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A25827; moist when described;
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A25828; moist when described;
    A1—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A25829; moist when described;
    A21—6 to 10 centimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse vesicular and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25830; moist when described;
    A22—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25831; moist when described;
    A&B—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; vesicular pores; 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25832; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 189720; patchy - phpvsfiid 189720
    B21T—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine vesicular and 21.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A25833; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 189721; patchy - phpvsfiid 189721
    2B22—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 medium vesicular and 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A25834; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189722; continuous - phpvsfiid 189722
    3B3—96 to 107 centimeters (37.8 to 42.1 inches); 28 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films and 30 percent clay films; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A25835; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 197739; patchy - phpvsfiid 197740; continuous - phpvsfiid 197739; patchy - phpvsfiid 197740
    3C1—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; 30 percent organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A25836; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 197741; patchy - phpvsfiid 197741
    3C2—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A25837; moist when described;
    R—150 to 200 centimeters (59.1 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A25838; moist when described;