IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amesha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT007004
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3699
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39364
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 46.5982361
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6164246
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet south and 500 feet east of NW 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-E5—Canyon Ferry SE, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Olsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Borollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amesha
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • 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: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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    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

    2

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    1195

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    254

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    5.6

    17.8

    -6.7

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; strong fine platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28505
    C1CA—10 to 31 centimeters (3.9 to 12.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28506
    C2CA—31 to 58 centimeters (12.2 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28507
    2AB—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28508
    2C3CA—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), white (10YR 8/1), moist; gravelly loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28509
    2C4CA—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28510
    3C5—163 to 200 centimeters (64.2 to 78.7 inches); very gravelly loamy sand; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28511