IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scobey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MT005015
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MT005015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962MT005015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3339
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38454
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 48.7132645
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5135727
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1720 feet E and 165 feet N 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 and Anderson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Aridic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scobey
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scobey
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1962 (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

    KOMA

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    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

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    279

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    6.7

    21.1

    -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; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26017
    B1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26018
    B21—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26019. continuous - phpvsfiid 195564; continuous - phpvsfiid 195564
    B22—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26020. continuous - phpvsfiid 184415; continuous - phpvsfiid 184415
    B3ca—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent coarse and very coarse noncoherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26021. Few fine pieces of rotting lignite and a few red spots.
    C1ca1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 21 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26022. Lime also appearing as sockets 1/8 inch thick on undersides of gravels.
    C1ca2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26023
    C2cs1—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26024. Many seams of gypsum crystals.
    C2cs2—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26025. Common seams of gypsum crystals.
    C2cs3—175 to 198 centimeters (68.9 to 78.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26026. Common seams of gypsum crystals.