IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROTHIEMAY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39371
  • 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: 47.5949020
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8539429
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NE NE1/4, 240 feet west and 480 feet south of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47111-E7—Fort Shaw, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. O. Clark and D. H. Farnsworth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Aridic Calciborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ROTHIEMAY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rothiemay
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1970 (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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    1216

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    686

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    7.2

    18.3

    -4.4

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium, and very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28551; moist when described;
    B2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28552; moist when described;
    B3CA—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 21 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28553; moist when described;
    C1CA—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 1 percent medium worm casts; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A28554; moist when described;
    C2CA—80 to 179 centimeters (31.5 to 70.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 1 percent medium worm casts; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28555; moist when described;
    80 to 179 centimeters (31.5 to 70.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28558; moist when described;
    80 to 179 centimeters (31.5 to 70.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28557; moist when described;
    2C3—179 to 222 centimeters (70.5 to 87.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28556; moist when described;