IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MT027006
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MT027006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3675
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39340
  • 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: 47.3826942
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0541611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet north and 100 feet east of center
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT027—Fergus
  • MLRA: 46—Northern and Central Rocky Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT027—Fergus County, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47110-D1—Strouf Island, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coffeek
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1969 (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

    3

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    1112

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    180

    381

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    6.7

    18.3

    -5.6

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28334; moist when described;
    A12—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28335; moist when described;
    C1CA—23 to 71 centimeters (9.1 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent coarse and very coarse lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28336; moist when described;
    C2CA—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent coarse and very coarse lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28337; moist when described;
    C3CA—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent medium threadlike lime masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28338; moist when described;