IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Felan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063014
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44953
  • 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: 47.5493317
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7751236
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2640 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
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Felan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    ATHYR

    CHIMA

    PIMO3

    ROSA5

    XEROP

    Athyrium

    Chimaphila

    Pinus monticola

    Rosa

    Xerophyllum

    ladyfern

    prince's pine

    western white pine

    rose

    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

    12

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    135

    889

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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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    B2—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00030
    2A2B—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00031
    2ABB—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), white (2.5Y 8/1), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 75C00032
    2BAB—53 to 93 centimeters (20.9 to 36.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 75C00033
    2B2B—93 to 154 centimeters (36.6 to 60.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 75C00034