IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dutton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MT013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MT013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3661
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39326
  • 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: 47.6437950
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4969940
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet north and 320 feet west of south quarter corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47111-F4—Benton Lake West, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. O. Clark and R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Ustertic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dutton
  • PSC - 13 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dutton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: playa
  • 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

    2

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    1158

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    330

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    6.1

    19.4

    -3.9

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28202; moist when described;
    B21T—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28203; moist when described;
    B22T—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28204; moist when described;
    B31—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A28205; moist when described;
    B32CA—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28206; moist when described;
    B33CA—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28207; moist when described;
    2C1CA—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; very channery loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28208; moist when described;
    3C2CA—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28209; moist when described;
    4C3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28210; moist when described;
    4C4—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28211; moist when described;