IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sappington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3710
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39375
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 46.6185112
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8530960
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet west and 450 feet north of the S1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT049—Lewis and Clark
  • MLRA: 44B—Central Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT630—Lewis and Clark County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46111-E7—Louisville, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Olsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aridic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sappington
  • PSC - 13 to 21 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sappington
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1970 (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

    4

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    1207

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    90

    305

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    6.1

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28578; moist when described;
    B2T—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28579; moist when described;
    B3CA—21 to 48 centimeters (8.3 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28580; moist when described;
    C1CA—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28581; moist when described;
    C2CA—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28582; moist when described;
    C3—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28583; moist when described;
    2C4—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28584; moist when described;