IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shooflin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT063009
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT063009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT063009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43800
  • 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: 46.9390526
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7045517
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,300 feet north and 500 feet west of southeast 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, C. Mogen, J. Rogers, T. Holder
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shooflin
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 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

    AMELA

    CARU

    LAOC

    Amelanchier

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Larix occidentalis

    serviceberry

    pinegrass

    western larch

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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

    17

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    1204

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    180

    432

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    6.1

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00122
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00122
    A21—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00123
    A22—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00124
    B21T—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00125
    B22T—53 to 68 centimeters (20.9 to 26.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00126
    B31T—68 to 105 centimeters (26.8 to 41.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00127
    B32T—105 to 134 centimeters (41.3 to 52.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00128
    C—134 to 185 centimeters (52.8 to 72.8 inches); 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00129