IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sappington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT049003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT049003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39374
  • 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: 46.5882339
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8305969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet north and 100 feet west of the S1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT049—Lewis and Clark
  • 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
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sappington
  • PSC - 10 to 15 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1970 (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

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    305

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    AP—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28571; moist when described;
    B2T—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28572; moist when described;
    B3CA—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28573; moist when described;
    C1CA—27 to 52 centimeters (10.6 to 20.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28574; moist when described;
    C2CA—52 to 87 centimeters (20.5 to 34.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28575; moist when described;
    C3—87 to 130 centimeters (34.3 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28576; moist when described;
    C4—130 to 180 centimeters (51.2 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28577; moist when described;