IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tigeron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964MT013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1964MT013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964MT013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3620
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39285
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.1751862
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0477982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 140 feet north and 250 feet west of SE corner
  • Location Description: Cascade County, Montana. about 500 feet east of trail.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • MLRA: 46—Northern and Central Rocky Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47111-B1—Evans, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. T. Miller and C. O. Clark
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Cryoboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tigeron
  • PSC - 58 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tigeron
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    PICO

    Pinus contorta

    lodgepole pine

    —

    —

    —
    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

    8

    —

    —

    1691

    —

    45

    508

    —

    —

    4.4

    15.6

    -5.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27833
    0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27842
    A21—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; strong fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent between sand grains; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A27834
    A22—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; flaggy sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 75 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27835
    A&B—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; flaggy clay loam; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27836
    B&A—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; flaggy clay loam; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; prominent clay films and prominent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27837
    61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27843
    B21T—61 to 100 centimeters (24.0 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; flaggy loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent prominent clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27838
    91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27844
    B22T—100 to 153 centimeters (39.4 to 60.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; flaggy sandy clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 70 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27839
    B3—153 to 178 centimeters (60.2 to 70.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; flaggy clay loam; weak angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A27840
    2C—178 to 219 centimeters (70.1 to 86.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A27841