IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Phillips
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MT005007
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MT005007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962MT005007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3338
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38453
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 48.8271484
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1980438
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 mile S and 300 feet E of W 1/4 Corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT005—Blaine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT608—Blaine County and Part of Phillips County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grossman, Walker, Moshier, Anderson, Nielson and Mogen.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, frigid Borollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Phillips
  • PSC - 25 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Phillips
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1962 (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

    CAFI

    KOMA

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    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

    1

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    0

    305

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    6.1

    21.1

    -8.9

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate very fine granular parts to weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26007. Contains about 20 percent clay. Abundant clear unstained and lightly stained sand grains.
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26008. Sand grains coating ped faces are mostly clear and unstained; abundant fine and very fine sand in this horizon.
    A&B—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine platy structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26009. Contains approximately 25 percent clay; abundant clear sand on the tops of plates, common clear and many stained sand grains on vertical faces.
    B&A—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26010. Contains about 37 percent clay. Films with lips on pores; many clear sand grains on all surfaces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184393; continuous - phpvsfiid 184393
    B2t—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; brown (10YR 5/3), dry, coats and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26011. Contains approximately 45 percent clay. Distinct clay lips on some pores; common clear sand grains on faces of peds; slightly effervescence except in lower 2 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184397; continuous - phpvsfiid 184397
    B3ca—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent light gray (5YR 7/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26012. Contains approximately 35 percent clay.
    C1ca—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent light gray (5YR 7/1) carbonate nodules and 3 percent white (5YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26013
    C2cs1—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26014. Some gypsum crystals coating plates.
    C2cs2—119 to 155 centimeters (46.9 to 61.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26015. Many fragments of lignite.
    C2cs3—155 to 196 centimeters (61.0 to 77.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26016