IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ambrant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063018
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44957
  • 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: 46.8159981
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6253815
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1020 feet east and 300 feet south of northwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Anderson and Harrison
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ambrant
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ambrant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1974
  • 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: 11/1/1974 (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

    AMELA

    ARNIC

    CARU

    LAOC

    SAMBU

    Amelanchier

    Arnica

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Larix occidentalis

    Sambucus

    serviceberry

    arnica

    pinegrass

    western larch

    elderberry

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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

    32

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    1402

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    135

    559

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    7.2

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.
    A21—1 to 14 centimeters (0.4 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00042
    A22—14 to 52 centimeters (5.5 to 20.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; strong medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00043
    ABB—52 to 100 centimeters (20.5 to 39.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and weak red (2.5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam, sandy clay loam; strong medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 75C00044