IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashbon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063019
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44958
  • 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: 46.7082138
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5248489
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 930 feet east and 1580 feet north of southwest 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 #: 19
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashbon
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • 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

    BALSA

    FECA4

    FEID

    Balsamorhiza

    Festuca campestris

    Festuca idahoensis

    balsamroot

    rough fescue

    Idaho fescue

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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

    48

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    1341

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    225

    889

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    7.2

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    0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    A2—2 to 17 centimeters (0.8 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00045
    C1—17 to 53 centimeters (6.7 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00046
    R—53 to 100 centimeters (20.9 to 39.4 inches); fragments.