IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musselshell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT107002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT107002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39369
  • 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: 46.4893608
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7169113
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south of N1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT107—Wheatland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT624—Wheatland County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46109-D6—Ethels Coulee, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Parker and G. Decker
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Musselshell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARFR4

    KOMA

    PASM

    PHLOX

    Artemisia frigida

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Phlox

    prairie sagewort

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    phlox

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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

    1

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    1402

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    305

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    5.6

    16.7

    -5

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28543
    B2—11 to 51 centimeters (4.3 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28544
    C1CA—51 to 73 centimeters (20.1 to 28.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28545
    2C2—73 to 145 centimeters (28.7 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28546