IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Joplin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MT101001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MT101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3345
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38460
  • 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: 48.7396278
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5939560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 0.3 mile E and 110 feet S of NW Corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT101—Toole
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT101—Toole County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grossman, Walker, Mogen and Nielson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aridic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Joplin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1962
  • 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: 8/25/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    279

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    5

    17.2

    -7.8

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26078. 2 percent gravel.
    B2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26079. continuous - phpvsfiid 184371; continuous - phpvsfiid 184371
    B3ca—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26080. Lime segregations mainly as casts.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184372; patchy - phpvsfiid 184372
    C1ca1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 33 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26081. Numerous light gray (2.5YR 7/2) lime casts on gravels.
    C1ca2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent carbonate concretions; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26082
    IIC2cs1—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26083. A few medium sized dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) shale chips.
    IIC2cs2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26084. A few fine dark gray shale chips, black when moist.
    IIIC3cs—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; stratified loam to fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26085
    IVC4—168 to 193 centimeters (66.1 to 76.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and gray (5YR 6/1) and dark gray (N 4/0) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (5YR 7/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26086