IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MT027004
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MT027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39345
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 47.3299141
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0833282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet east and 50 feet north of W1/4 corner
  • 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: 47110-C1—Coffee Creek, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. K. Hogan
  • 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 - 24 to 44 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Komad
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1969 (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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    1097

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    0

    381

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    6.7

    18.3

    -5.6

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    AP1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28370; moist when described;
    0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28379
    AP2—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) crushed and black (2.5Y 2/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28371; moist when described;
    B21T—24 to 32 centimeters (9.4 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed and gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine and fine pores; distinct pressure faces and pressure faces between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28372; moist when described;
    B22T—32 to 44 centimeters (12.6 to 17.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; distinct pressure faces; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28373; moist when described;
    B31CS—44 to 56 centimeters (17.3 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent gypsum threads; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28374; moist when described;
    B32CS—56 to 85 centimeters (22.0 to 33.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent gypsum threads; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28375; moist when described;
    C1—85 to 107 centimeters (33.5 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28376; moist when described;
    2C2—107 to 143 centimeters (42.1 to 56.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28377; moist when described;
    2C3—143 to 168 centimeters (56.3 to 66.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28378; moist when described;