IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tamely
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063020
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44959
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 47.4290543
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7673416
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet west and 990 feet north of southeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Anderson and Murray
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamely
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1974
  • 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: 10/1/1974 (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

    LAOC

    XEROP

    Larix occidentalis

    Xerophyllum

    western larch

    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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    1414

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    135

    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 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    B2—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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 # 75C00047
    2A2B—30 to 63 centimeters (11.8 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 65 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00048
    2ABB—63 to 93 centimeters (24.8 to 36.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 75C00049