IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VAEDA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT105003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT105003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT105003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3738
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39403
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 48.0157738
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6840515
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet north and 50 feet west of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT105—Valley
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT105—Valley County, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48106-A6—Blanchard Ranch, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, nonacid, frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VAEDA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanda
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1974 (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

    POSE

    Poa secunda

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

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    660

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28804
    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 75 percent on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28798
    C1CS—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent on faces of peds; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28799
    C2—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented calcite crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28800
    C3—53 to 110 centimeters (20.9 to 43.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay, stratified silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented calcite crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28801
    C4—110 to 137 centimeters (43.3 to 53.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine calcite crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28802
    C5—137 to 180 centimeters (53.9 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented calcite crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A28803