IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063017
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44956
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.6857147
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4234619
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Anderson and Harrison
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkner
  • 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: mountain slope
  • 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

    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

    20

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    1676

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    180

    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.
    B2—2 to 25 centimeters (0.8 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00039
    2A2B—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00040
    2ABB—38 to 104 centimeters (15.0 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam, fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 75C00041