IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEARPAW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MT005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MT005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962MT005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38448
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.4052010
  • Std. Longitude: -109.4297104
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1070 feet S and 0.1 mile E of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT005—Blaine
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT608—Blaine County and Part of Phillips County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grossman, Walker, Nielson, Anderson, Moshier and Mogen.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BEARPAW
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearpaw
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    BOGR2

    KOMA

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

    western 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

    3

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    315

    381

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    5.6

    20

    -8.9

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    A1—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 very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25960. Approximately 23 percent clay; many clear fine sand grains that are mostly stained.
    B21—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25961. Approximately 45 percent clay. Few clear and many stained sand grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195546; continuous - phpvsfiid 195546
    B22—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats and clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25962. Approximately 55 percent clay; films also appear on the rounded lips of pores; few clear sand grains on vertical surfaces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184379; continuous - phpvsfiid 184380; continuous - phpvsfiid 184379; continuous - phpvsfiid 184380
    B23ca—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats and clay films on faces of peds and clay films; 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25963. Contains less than 50 percent clay.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184382; patchy - phpvsfiid 184383; continuous - phpvsfiid 184382; patchy - phpvsfiid 184383
    B3ca—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A25964. continuous - phpvsfiid 184384; continuous - phpvsfiid 184384
    IIC1ca—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A25965. Structure of intersecting slickensides with parallelepipeds 60 degrees from the horizontal.
    IIIC2cs1—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; massive parts to weak fine angular blocky; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A25966. Silt and balls of silt occur in this horizon; vertical seams of gypsum also occur.
    IIIC2cs2—142 to 180 centimeters (55.9 to 70.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; massive parts to weak fine angular blocky; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A25967. Vertical seams of gypsum occur.
    IIIC2cs3—180 to 239 centimeters (70.9 to 94.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; massive parts to weak fine angular blocky; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A25968