IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musselshell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT107003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT107003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT107003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39370
  • 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: 46.5321388
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6410751
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet south and 100 feet west of center
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT107—Wheatland
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT624—Wheatland County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46109-E6—Oxford, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Parker and G. Decker
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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

  • 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

    Artemisia frigida

    prairie sagewort

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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

    2

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    1402

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    305

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    5.6

    18.3

    -5

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28547
    C1CA—9 to 32 centimeters (3.5 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28548
    C2CA—32 to 73 centimeters (12.6 to 28.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 1 percent worm casts and 3 percent fine carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28549
    2C3—73 to 153 centimeters (28.7 to 60.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28550