IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shaak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3676
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39341
  • 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: 47.9338112
  • Std. Longitude: -109.4466476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1,050 feet south and 100 feet east of W1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT005—Blaine
  • MLRA: 46—Northern and Central Rocky Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT608—Blaine County and Part of Phillips County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shaak
  • PSC - 15 to 49 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cromley
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1969 (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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    1067

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    135

    381

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    6.1

    19.4

    -6.7

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak very fine and fine platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28339. many unstained sand and silt sized grains; trace of less than 5 mm size pebbles.
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28340. many unstained sand and silt sized grains; trace of less than 5 mm sized pebbles.
    B1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28341. very thin continuous frosting of unstained sand and silt sized grains on ped surface; trace of less than 5 mm sized pebbles.
    B21T—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 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; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28342. few unstained sand grains on vertical ped surfaces; trace of less than 5 mm size pebbles.
    B22T—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28343. few pebbles mainly less than 5 mm but with an occasional one up to 2 inches in size.
    B23TCA—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28344. few pebbles, mainly less than 5 mm in size but with an occasional one up to 2 inches in size.
    B3CA—49 to 71 centimeters (19.3 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silty clay, silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28345. few pebbles mainly less than 5 mm in size but wish an occasional one up to 2 inches strong effervescence with common to many soft masses of segregated lime; tongues of 2.5Y 4/3.
    2C1CA—71 to 106 centimeters (28.0 to 41.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28346. 40 percent coarser than 2 mm mainly less than 5 mm but with some up to one inches in size; strong effervescence in upper part decreasing to weak effervescence in lower part vertical and horizontal seams and some coarser and very coarse masses of lime in places.
    3C2—106 to 145 centimeters (41.7 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28347. 60 percent coarser than 2 mm, mainly less than 5 mm in size; very weak effervescence with horizontal bands and seams of lime.
    4C3CA—145 to 185 centimeters (57.1 to 72.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine gravelly sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28348. 50 percent coarser than 2 mm mainly less than 5 mm in size.