IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Amesha
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1970MT007003
User Pedon ID:
S1970MT007003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A3700
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
39365
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
46.0674057
Std. Longitude:
-111.5519638
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
4N
Range:
1E
Section:
25
PLSS Details:
1200 feet east and 1100 feet north of the SW corner
State:
Montana
County:
MT007—Broadwater
MLRA:
44B—Central Rocky Mountain Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MT609—Broadwater County Area, Montana
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
46111-A5—Plunket Lake, Montana
PEDON
Describers Name:
J. A. Olsen
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Borollic Calciorthids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Amesha
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/30/2007
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Mesh
Classificaton Date -
12/1/1970
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
alluvial fan
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
1.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
12/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
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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1298
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279
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5.6
16.7
-6.7
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AP—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28512
C1CA—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28513
C2CA—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 21 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28514
C3CA—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28515
107 to 120 centimeters (42.1 to 47.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28517
120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28518
C4—122 to 186 centimeters (48.0 to 73.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28516