IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GERBER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MT027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MT027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3679
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39344
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.2643623
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9227676
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 740 feet east and 250 feet south of center
  • Location Description: Fergus County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT027—Fergus
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT027—Fergus County, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47109-C8—Denton, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Udorthentic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GERBER
  • PSC - 12 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerber
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1969 (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

    4

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    1112

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    135

    381

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    6.7

    18.3

    -5.6

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    AP—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28367; moist when described;
    B2T—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28368; moist when described;
    B22t—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28369; moist when described;
    B23t—43 to 50 centimeters (16.9 to 19.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    B31ca—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence.; moist when described;
    B32ca—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C1ca—95 to 125 centimeters (37.4 to 49.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence.; moist when described;