IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holloway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT063006
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT063006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT063006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43797
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.9909973
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7123337
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2,400 feet west and 800 feet south of NE corner
  • 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, H. Hunter, C. Mogen, K. Flach
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holloway
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1970 (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

    CAGA3

    CHIMA

    GAYLU

    LAOC

    PICO

    XEROP

    Carex garberi

    Chimaphila

    Gaylussacia

    Larix occidentalis

    Pinus contorta

    Xerophyllum

    elk sedge

    prince's pine

    huckleberry

    western larch

    lodgepole pine

    beargrass

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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

    18

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    1372

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    45

    635

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    O2—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00100
    A2—7 to 12 centimeters (2.8 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00101
    B2—12 to 32 centimeters (4.7 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00102
    2A2B—32 to 88 centimeters (12.6 to 34.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00103
    2A+BB—88 to 147 centimeters (34.6 to 57.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00104
    2C—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 70C00105