IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014MT035001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MT035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79534
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 48.6983453
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5098857
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT035—Glacier
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT663—Glacier National Park Area - Parts of Glacier and Flathead Counties, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Rowley & J. Skovlin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive Calcic Haplocryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2016
  • Classifier - Bob Spokas
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Calcic Argicryolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2014
  • Classifier - B. Rowley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: lateral moraine on glacial-valley wall
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jay Skovlin
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Btk

    0

    2

    9

    35

    68

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    35

    68

    120

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oe

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Btk

    0

    2

    9

    35

    68

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    35

    68

    120

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oe

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Btk

    0

    2

    9

    35

    68

    2

    9

    35

    68

    120

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    2—35

    9—68

    68—120

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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

    16

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) cobbly silt loam; 20 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; , 7 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and , 7 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 7 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15ND1631; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—9 to 35 centimeters (3.5 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; , 30 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 30 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 30 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15ND1632; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—35 to 68 centimeters (13.8 to 26.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; , 15 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 15 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 15 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15ND1633; observed in pit, small
    Btk—68 to 120 centimeters (26.8 to 47.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) very gravelly loam; 46 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments and 2 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent clay films on rock fragments; , 13 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 13 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 13 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 15ND1634; observed in pit, small