IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holloway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT063008
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT063008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT063008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43798
  • 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: 46.9854431
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7087173
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2,400 feet north and 1,500 feet west of SE 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holloway
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lateral moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1970 (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

    GAYLU

    LAOC

    PICO

    XEROP

    Gaylussacia

    Larix occidentalis

    Pinus contorta

    Xerophyllum

    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

    20

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    1463

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    90

    635

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00109
    O2—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00106
    A2—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00107
    B21—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00108
    B22—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00109
    2A21B—31 to 64 centimeters (12.2 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00110
    2A22B—64 to 92 centimeters (25.2 to 36.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00111
    2A+BB—92 to 163 centimeters (36.2 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 70C00112