IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROUND BUTTE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MT047002
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MT047002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965MT047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3640
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39305
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 47.6326599
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2690277
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1430 feet west and 550 feet north of SE 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-F3—Buffalo Bridge, Montana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, frigid Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ROUND BUTTE
  • PSC - 18 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Round Butte
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

    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

    315

    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive, and weak coarse platy; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28021; moist when described;
    B21T—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 0.1 fine pores; distinct clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28022; moist when described;
    B22T—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28023; moist when described;
    C1CA—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28024; moist when described;
    C2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; silty clay; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28025; moist when described;
    C3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A28026; moist when described;
    2C4—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28027; moist when described;
    3C5&4C6—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A28028; moist when described;
    5C7—170 to 208 centimeters (66.9 to 81.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A28029; moist when described;
    5C7—208 to 246 centimeters (81.9 to 96.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28030; moist when described;