IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3735
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39400
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 47.9482574
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7760696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north and 500 feet east of SW 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: 47108-H7—Crazyman Coulee, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsdale
  • PSC - 8 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28779
    B2T—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent faint clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28780
    B3CA—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28781
    C1CA—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28782
    C2CA—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28783
    C3—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28784
    C4—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A28785