IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elloam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MT005011
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MT005011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962MT005011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0157
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32686
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 48.8304825
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1983185
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet N and 150 feet E of SW 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 Nielson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elloam
  • PSC - 8 to 18 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    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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    279

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    6.7

    21.1

    -8.9

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    A2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A01155. The upper surfaces of the plates are frosted with clear unstained sand and silt.
    B21—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; strong fine and medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine and medium pores; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, on tops of soil columns and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, on tops of soil columns and clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01156. Caps of columns coated with clear unstained sand and silt; faces of columns have a continuous frosting of clear sand grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184356; patchy - phpvsfiid 184357; continuous - phpvsfiid 184356; patchy - phpvsfiid 184357
    B22—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine and medium pores; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A01157. Faces of prisms have continuous frosting of clear sand grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184358; patchy - phpvsfiid 184359; continuous - phpvsfiid 184358; patchy - phpvsfiid 184359
    B3—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01158. Continuous coats of clear unstained sand on ped surfaces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184362; continuous - phpvsfiid 184362
    C1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01159
    IIC2ca—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 21 percent medium and coarse carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01160. Many medium and large lignite chips; many segregations of lime as seams and casts up to 1/16 inch thick.
    IIC2cacs—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 3 percent carbonate nodules and 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters and 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01161
    IIC2cs2—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01162
    IIC2cs3—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01163. Separated for sampling purposes.
    II2cs4—157 to 196 centimeters (61.8 to 77.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01164