IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elloam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MT005009
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MT005009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962MT005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38458
  • 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: -109.2422104
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 mile S and 200 feet E of W 1/4 Corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT005—Blaine
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT608—Blaine County and Part of Phillips County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grossman, Walker, Mogen, Moshier, Anderson, and E. Nielson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elloam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/1962 (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

    ERIOG

    PLANT

    Eriogonum

    Plantago

    buckwheat

    plantain

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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

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    279

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    6.7

    21.1

    -8.9

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    A2—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A26061
    B2&A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and brown (10YR 5/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26062. The white mixed coloring in the dry soil in mainly of clear unstained silt and very fine sand coating very fine blocks.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195528; patchy - phpvsfiid 195529; continuous - phpvsfiid 195528; patchy - phpvsfiid 195529
    B2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26063. There are common clear sand grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195530; continuous - phpvsfiid 195530
    B3—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine pores; clay films; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26064. patchy - phpvsfiid 195531; patchy - phpvsfiid 195531
    Ccacs—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium pores; 3 percent gypsum masses and 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26065
    IIB2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; strong very fine and fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and clay films; 21 percent gypsum crystal clusters and 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26066. continuous - phpvsfiid 195532; patchy - phpvsfiid 195533; continuous - phpvsfiid 195532; patchy - phpvsfiid 195533
    IIC1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 3 percent lime masses and 3 percent gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26067. Mottles are of iron; few fine lignite chips; casts of lime around gravels, approximately 1 mm. thick at the thickest.
    IIIC2—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26068. Many fine lignite chips; heavy casts of lime around the gravel.