IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Felan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT063002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT063002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT063002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43793
  • 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: 47.0554428
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6656647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north and 1500 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47113-A6—Gold Creek Peak, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Parcell, H. Hunter, C. Mogen, K. Flach
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Felan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Felan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHIMA

    PIEN

    VAME

    Chimaphila

    Picea engelmannii

    Vaccinium membranaceum

    prince's pine

    Engelmann spruce

    thinleaf huckleberry

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    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

    47

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    1749

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    90

    813

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00073
    O2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00071
    A2—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00072
    B2—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00073
    2A21B—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) crushed, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00074
    2A22B—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 70C00075
    2A23B—66 to 92 centimeters (26.0 to 36.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00076
    2B21B—92 to 132 centimeters (36.2 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00077
    2B22B—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00078
    2C1cab—160 to 181 centimeters (63.0 to 71.3 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 70C00079