IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Work
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964MT013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1964MT013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3625
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39290
  • Print Date: 4/16/2025

    • 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: 47.2461128
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0524979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet west and 620 feet south of E 1/2 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • MLRA: 46—Northern and Central Rocky Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Work
  • PSC - 15 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Villars
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1964 (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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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed and black (10YR 2/1) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed and dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; loam; weak fine platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27888
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed and black (10YR 2/1) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed and dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27889
    B1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent between sand grains and 75 percent distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27890
    B21T—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27891
    B22T—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27892
    B3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27893. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 189686; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 189686
    C1CA—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent noncoherent cemented lime masses and 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27894
    2C2CA—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; cobbly clay loam; strong medium platy structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27895
    3C3CA—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light gray (10YR 7/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27896
    132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27897