IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pylon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MT013007
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MT013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3670
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39335
  • 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: 47.6549034
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5828247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet north and 300 feet west of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47111-F5—Vaughn NE, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. O. Clark and R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pylon
  • PSC - 18 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pylon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1968 (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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    1158

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    305

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    6.1

    19.4

    -3.9

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    AP1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) rubbed and gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28290
    AP2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28291
    B21T—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28292
    B22T—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28293
    B31CA—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28294
    B32CA—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28295
    C1CS—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 3 percent fine gypsum threads; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28296
    2R1—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; platy structure; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28297
    2R2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; platy structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28298