IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MT013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MT013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3673
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39338
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 47.6832390
  • Std. Longitude: -111.2650375
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet west and 75 feet south of north quarter corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47111-F3—Benton Lake East, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. O. Clark and R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Mollic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acel
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Inverness
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1112

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    318

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    6.1

    19.4

    -3.9

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    AP—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) rubbed and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28319; moist when described;
    B21T—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28320; moist when described;
    B22T—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) crushed and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28321; moist when described;
    B23T—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28322; moist when described;
    B3CA—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28323; moist when described;
    C1CA—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 21 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28324; moist when described;
    C2CA—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 3 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28325; moist when described;
    2C3CA—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse and very coarse platy structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 3 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28326; moist when described;
    2C4—188 to 226 centimeters (74.0 to 89.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and 3 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine mottles; massive, and weak coarse and very coarse platy; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28327; moist when described;