IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Phillips
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MT071001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MT071001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MT071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3652
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39317
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 48.5333328
  • Std. Longitude: -107.5000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 10 miles east of Malta
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT071—Phillips
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Morgan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Phillips
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Argiborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous subglacial till
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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

    BOGR2

    GUTIE

    HECOC8

    KOMA

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    snakeweed

    needle and thread

    prairie Junegrass

    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

    2

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    701

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    30

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    125

    6

    20

    -9.5

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28130. noncalcareous
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28131. common clear and unstained mineral grains; noncalcareous
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28132. abundant clear unstained mineral grains; noncalcareous
    Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; strong fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28133. noncalcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 292103; continuous - phpvsfiid 292103
    2Cac1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent carbonate coats; 75 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28134
    3C2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28135. lime is segregated
    4C3—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; weak coarse platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent white (2.5YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 75 percent threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses around rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28136
    4C4—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; gray (N 6/0) and gray (N 5/0) mottles; weak coarse platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28137