IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shaak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963MT111004
  • User Pedon ID: S1963MT111004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963MT111004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42584
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2 S
  • Range: 28 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: near S 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 240 feet W of gate, north of east-west fence, 3/8 mi. NW of farmstead on hill
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shaak
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1963 (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

    ARFR4

    BRTE

    PASM

    POSE

    Artemisia frigida

    Bromus tectorum

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    prairie sagewort

    cheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40151
    Bt/E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak very thin platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40152. continuous - phpvsfiid 458012; continuous - phpvsfiid 458012
    Bt1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40153. continuous - phpvsfiid 458058; continuous - phpvsfiid 458058
    Bt2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40154. continuous - phpvsfiid 458103; continuous - phpvsfiid 458103
    Bt3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 458104; continuous - phpvsfiid 458104
    Bk1—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish olive (10Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 458127; continuous - phpvsfiid 458127
    Bk2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A40155
    Bk3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments.