IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MT013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MT013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3713
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39378
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 47.4632416
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0450287
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 140 feet south and 220 feet east of the center
  • 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: Very-fine, montmorillonitic Abruptic Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acel
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunis
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale and/or lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    1

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    1103

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    91

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    7.8

    20.5

    -4.3

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent sand coats; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28604
    Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28605
    Bt21—18 to 32 centimeters (7.1 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent pressure faces; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28606
    Bt22—32 to 45 centimeters (12.6 to 17.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28607
    Bc3—45 to 71 centimeters (17.7 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 30 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28608
    Csc1—71 to 93 centimeters (28.0 to 36.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent fine carbonate masses and 75 percent medium and coarse gypsum crystals, unspecified; coal fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28609
    C2—93 to 127 centimeters (36.6 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28610
    C3—127 to 172 centimeters (50.0 to 67.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28611
    2R—172 centimeters (67.7 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28612