IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bata
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063009
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44948
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.2840538
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5848312
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet east and 1050 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Anderson, Harrison, and Murray
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bata
  • PSC - 51 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sherlock
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    CHIMA

    PICO

    VASC

    XEROP

    Chimaphila

    Pinus contorta

    Vaccinium scoparium

    Xerophyllum

    prince's pine

    lodgepole pine

    grouse whortleberry

    beargrass

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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

    5

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    1353

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    315

    762

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    7.2

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.
    O2—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    A2—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    B2—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00014
    IIA&Bb—11 to 22 centimeters (4.3 to 8.7 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00015
    IIB2-tb—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 75C00016