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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 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