IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44802
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: near center
  • Location Description: Ravalli County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT081—Ravalli
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT645—Bitterroot Valley Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkner
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    PICO

    Pinus contorta

    lodgepole pine

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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

    5

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    1585

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00294
    B2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; coats between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00295
    B21—15 to 16 centimeters (5.9 to 6.3 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films between sand grains; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00300
    B31—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coats between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00296
    B32—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coats between sand grains; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00297
    C1—46 to 107 centimeters (18.1 to 42.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and black (10YR 2/1) coarse sandy loam; single grain, and weak fine granular; loose; clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 74C00298
    CR—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00299