IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KALISPELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MT029003
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MT029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3632
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39297
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 48.2248840
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1148682
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: Northwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT029—Flathead
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Udic Haploborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KALISPELL
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalispell
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1965 (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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27951
    B2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27952
    B3—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27953
    Cc1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent coarse lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27954
    C2—61 to 127 centimeters (24.0 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam, loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent coarse lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27955
    2C3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27956
    2C4—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A27957