IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROUND BUTTE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MT047008
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MT047008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965MT047008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3639
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39304
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 47.5836105
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2847214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 180 feet south and 120 feet west of 1/16 corner, 1/4 mile 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

    • 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 #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ROUND BUTTE
  • PSC - 13 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Round Butte
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARFI2

    POA

    Artemisia filifolia

    Poa

    sand sagebrush

    bluegrass

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    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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    23

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    A21—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A28015; dry when described;
    A&B—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A28016; dry when described;
    B2T—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium columnar parts to moderate thick platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28017; dry when described;
    C1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; strong thick platy structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28018; dry when described;
    C2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay; strong thick platy structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28019; dry when described;
    C3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay; strong thick platy structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28020; dry when described;