IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Reedwest-like
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2004MT059010
User Pedon ID:
S2004MT059010
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
04N0985
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
17034
Print Date:
12/12/2024
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:
46.2905540
Std. Longitude:
-110.9322205
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
6N
Range:
6E
Section:
11
State:
Montana
County:
MT059—Meagher
MLRA:
43B—Central Rocky Mountains
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
46110-C8—Black Butte Mountain, Montana
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Windows Pedon
Pedon #:
10
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Reedwest-like
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
PSC -
13 to 37 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/13/2004
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
residuum weathered from sedimentary rock
Landscape:
intermontane basin
Landform:
dissected,sedimentary plain
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/13/2004 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date
Depth
Sensor Kind
Temperature
cm
C
8/13/2004
50
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16
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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1714
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85
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Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; 14 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05404
Bt1—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05405
Bt2—27 to 37 centimeters (10.6 to 14.6 inches); gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05406
Bk1—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; fine carbonate threads; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05407
Bk2—55 to 79 centimeters (21.7 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; paragravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 45 percent by volume flat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05408
Bk3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; 8 percent clay; single grain; 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05409
BCk—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very paragravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume flat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 04N05410
Cr—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 04N05411