IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shane
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MT013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MT013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3720
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39385
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 47.3960190
  • Std. Longitude: -110.8558502
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 530 feet west and 40 feet north of E1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT013—Cascade
  • MLRA: 46—Northern and Central Rocky Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT613—Cascade County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, frigid Abruptic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shane
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shane
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1195

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    45

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    7.8

    18.3

    -4.4

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 75 percent skeletans; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28666
    B21T—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28667
    B22T—36 to 62 centimeters (14.2 to 24.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28668
    B23T—68 to 80 centimeters (26.8 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay; strong medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28669
    C1CS—80 to 97 centimeters (31.5 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; pressure faces; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28670
    C2CS—97 to 120 centimeters (38.2 to 47.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and black (5Y 2/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; strong fine and medium platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28671
    C3—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and black (5Y 2/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; strong fine and medium platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28672