IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hydro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963MT075002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963MT075002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963MT075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5335
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42582
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 9 S
  • Range: 53 E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet E and 1200 feet N of S 1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT075—Powder River

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hydro
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1963 (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

    KOMA

    PASM

    VUOC

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Vulpia octoflora

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    sixweeks fescue

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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

    4

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    1112.5

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    225

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40143
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed loam; very thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear boundary.
    E/Bt—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong very thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40144
    Bt/E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40145
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); 10Y 4/3 (10Y 4/3) and 10Y 5/3 (10Y 5/3) crushed, 10Y 6/3 (10Y 6/3) crushed and 10Y 4/3 (10Y 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; clear boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 457957; continuous - phpvsfiid 457957
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), 10Y 4/3 (10Y 4/3) and 10Y 6/3 (10Y 6/3) crushed, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40146. continuous - phpvsfiid 457958; continuous - phpvsfiid 457958
    BCk—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40147. patchy - phpvsfiid 457959; patchy - phpvsfiid 457959
    Ck—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments.