IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROUND BUTTE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MT047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MT047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3641
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39306
  • 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: 47.6196060
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2854156
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 210 feet west of S1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT047—Lake
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT629—Lake County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47114-E3—Round Butte, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, frigid Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ROUND BUTTE
  • PSC - 23 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Round Butte
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1965 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    90

    356

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    7.8

    19.4

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    0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28039
    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; extremely hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28031; moist when described;
    B21T—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; strong coarse, and fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28032; moist when described;
    B22T—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; extremely hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28033; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 197709; patchy - phpvsfiid 197709
    C1CA—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent clay films; 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28034; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 197710; patchy - phpvsfiid 197710
    C2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; extremely hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28035; moist when described;
    C3—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28036; moist when described;
    C4—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay; extremely hard, firm; very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28037; wet when described;
    C5—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; silty clay; extremely hard, firm; very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A28038; wet when described;