IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upsata
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT063011
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT063011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT063011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43796
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.1612778
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6084442
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 3,000 feet east and 1,200 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Parcell, H. Hunter, C. Mogen, J. Rogers
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Upsata
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upsata
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1970 (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

    ARUV

    CARU

    LAOC

    PICO

    PIEN

    XEROP

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Larix occidentalis

    Pinus contorta

    Picea engelmannii

    Xerophyllum

    kinnikinnick

    pinegrass

    western larch

    lodgepole pine

    Engelmann spruce

    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

    10

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    1390

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    180

    813

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    7.8

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00096
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) and black (N 2/0) crushed, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00095
    B21—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00096
    B22—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00097
    2C1—40 to 105 centimeters (15.7 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00098
    2C2—105 to 155 centimeters (41.3 to 61.0 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 70C00099