IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Bowdoin
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1967MT005003
User Pedon ID:
S1967MT005003
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1967MT005003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A3648
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
39313
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:
48.4063187
Std. Longitude:
-108.4157867
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
31N
Range:
25E
Section:
36
PLSS Details:
400 feet south and 1120 feet west of NE corner
State:
Montana
County:
MT005—Blaine
MLRA:
52—Brown Glaciated Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MT608—Blaine County and Part of Phillips County Area, Montana
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
48108-D4—Coburg, Montana
PEDON
Describers Name:
C. A. Mogen and R. L. Moshier
Current Taxonomic Class:
Very-fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Udorthentic Chromusterts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
3
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Bowdoin
Taxonomic Class -
Very-fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Udorthentic Chromusterts
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/27/1967
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
terrace
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/27/1967 (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
PASM
Pascopyrum smithii
western wheatgrass
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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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
1
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701
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305
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7.2
20
-9.4
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A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28101. 2 to 3 inch wide cracks 6 to 12 inches apart.
C—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist; clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28102. very few fine nodules of lime; 1 to 2 inch wide cracks.
C2—33 to 63 centimeters (13.0 to 24.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist; clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28103
C3—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28104
3C3—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28105
3C4—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay, clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28106
4C5—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam, fine sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28107