IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shooflin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT063001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT063001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43799
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 46.9426651
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6903839
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet east of the center
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46113-H6—Sunflower Mountain, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Parcell, C. Noren, J. Rogers, T. Holder
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shooflin
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 7/27/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    11

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    1219

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    135

    432

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    5.6

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00114
    O2—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00113
    A2—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; strong very fine platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00114
    A+B—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00115
    B21T—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00116
    B22T—44 to 67 centimeters (17.3 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00117
    B23T—67 to 82 centimeters (26.4 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00118
    B31T—82 to 121 centimeters (32.3 to 47.6 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and olive (5Y 5/4), olive (5Y 5/4), dry; clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00119
    B32T—121 to 130 centimeters (47.6 to 51.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive (5Y 4/4), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00120
    B33T—130 to 158 centimeters (51.2 to 62.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00121