IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenough
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961MT063002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961MT063002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961MT063002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38434
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 47.1162682
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4890289
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile W and 0.375 mile N of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47114-A4—Alberton, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, frigid Glossic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenough
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CNQ5P-139
  • 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

    ABIES

    ACHIL

    ALNUS

    AMELA

    ARNIC

    ARUV

    CAGA3

    GAYLU

    LARIX

    LUPIN

    Abies

    Achillea

    Alnus

    Amelanchier

    Arnica

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Carex garberi

    Gaylussacia

    Larix

    Lupinus

    fir

    yarrow

    alder

    serviceberry

    arnica

    kinnikinnick

    elk sedge

    huckleberry

    larch

    lupine

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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

    16

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    1036

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    270

    381

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    6.7

    15.6

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A25818; moist when described;
    O2—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A25819; moist when described;
    A21—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine and 3.0 vesicular pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25820; moist when described;
    A22—17 to 32 centimeters (6.7 to 12.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 medium vesicular and 3.0 fine and 0.5 vesicular pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25821; moist when described;
    A2&B2—32 to 52 centimeters (12.6 to 20.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fine and medium vesicular and 21.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25822; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189715; continuous - phpvsfiid 189715
    B2&A2—52 to 83 centimeters (20.5 to 32.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular and 0.5 vesicular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25823; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189716; continuous - phpvsfiid 189716
    B2—83 to 98 centimeters (32.7 to 38.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine and medium mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine and 0.5 pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25824; moist when described;
    B3—98 to 113 centimeters (38.6 to 44.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine and 0.5 vesicular pores; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A25825; moist when described;
    R—113 to 139 centimeters (44.5 to 54.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), white (2.5Y 8/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; stony silt; extremely hard; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A25826; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189719; continuous - phpvsfiid 189719