IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PHILLIPS

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1967MT105002

User Pedon ID: S1967MT105002

Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MT105002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A3653

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39318

Print Date: 11/11/2024

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: 48.3333321

Std. Longitude: -106.1666641

Datum: WGS84

Township: 30N

Range: 39E

Section: 16

PLSS Details: 450 feet north and 200 feet west of SE corner

Location Description: 12 miles northwest of Glasgow

Map Unit: 46—Phillips loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes

State: Montana

County: MT105—Valley

MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT105—Valley County, Montana

PEDON

Describers Name: R.L. Moshier

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Borollic Paleargids

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - PHILLIPS

Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Phillips

Classificaton Date - 7/28/1967

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: calcareous, continental clayey subglacial till

Landform: glacial till plain

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/28/1967 (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 HECOC8 KOMA LYCOP2 PASM	Bouteloua gracilis Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata Koeleria macrantha Lycopodium Pascopyrum smithii	blue grama needle and thread prairie Junegrass clubmoss western wheatgrass	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

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
4	—	—	732	—		30	23	120	6	19	-9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28138

A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate very thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent thin sand coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28139. continuous - phpvsfiid 289192; continuous - phpvsfiid 289192

BA—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), 75 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 25 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate thick platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28140. clay films on B2; very porus

Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; thick clay films and thick clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28141. continuous - phpvsfiid 289194; patchy - phpvsfiid 289195; continuous - phpvsfiid 289194; patchy - phpvsfiid 289195

Bac3—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; thin clay films; 30 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses around rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28142. clay films are broken

Cac1—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent carbonate masses and 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28143

C2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak very thick platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent threadlike gypsum masses and 10 percent carbonate masses and 10 percent threadlike gypsum masses and 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A28144

Csc3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak very thick platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent threadlike gypsum masses and 30 percent gypsum crystal clusters and weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses around rock fragments; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28145