IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S2013MT017002
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MT017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97461
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74404
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.2308861
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0394722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: The site is approximately 816 meters south and 672 meters east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: The site is located on State land and is approximately 20 kilometers west of Miles City along Interstate 94 and approximately 8.6 kilometers south along Moon Creek Road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT017—Custer
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT017—Custer County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46106-B1—Moon Creek School, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Amber Mason, Brian Kloster
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Fine-loamy residuum weathered from the interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale of the Tongue River Member
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: low hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    9—25

    25—88

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    —-

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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

    7

    —

    —

    884

    —

    220

    332

    —

    143

    7.8

    —

    —

    10.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    245685

    Miles City, Montana

    COOP
    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13291
    Bw—9 to 25 centimeters (3.5 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; ; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13292
    Bk1—25 to 72 centimeters (9.8 to 28.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (1.0) roots; 15 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13293
    Bk2—72 to 88 centimeters (28.3 to 34.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (1.0) roots; 2 percent masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13294
    C1—88 to 137 centimeters (34.6 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 28 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13295
    C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 29 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 13N13296