IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3693
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39358
  • 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: 47.2832489
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9674911
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1290 west and 440 feet south of E1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT027—Fergus
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT027—Fergus County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen and E. K. Hogan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coffeek
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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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    1152

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    381

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    6.7

    17.2

    -3.9

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    AP—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A28469; moist when described;
    B2—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28470; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 197675; continuous - phpvsfiid 197675
    B3—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A28471; moist when described;
    C1CA—38 to 84 centimeters (15.0 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A28472; moist when described;
    C2—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28473; moist when described;