IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Busby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Lindsey SCAN Site #581B
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MT021002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: Lindsey SCAN Site #581B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19023
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • 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: 47.2141495
  • Std. Longitude: -105.1869965
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT021—Dawson
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Snell
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Busby
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over stratified sandstone and shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/2006 ()
  • 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

    AGCR

    Agropyron cristatum

    crested wheatgrass

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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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    45

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    Lindsay (581B)

    SCAN
    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 07N00987
    Bw1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; slight effervescence.
    Bw2—28 to 57 centimeters (11.0 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; slight effervescence.
    Bk1—57 to 97 centimeters (22.4 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 07N00988
    Bk2—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 07N00989
    Cr—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); massive; fragments; slight effervescence.