IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chinook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3732
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39397
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 48.9402046
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1619339
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 1000 feet south of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT005—Blaine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT608—Blaine County and Part of Phillips County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48109-H2—Richmond Reservoir NW, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chinook
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

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    840

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    270

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A28758
    B2—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A28759
    B3CA—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28760
    C1CA—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent medium and coarse lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28761
    2C2—79 to 111 centimeters (31.1 to 43.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28762
    2C3—111 to 140 centimeters (43.7 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28763
    2C4—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A28764