IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unknown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014MT035004
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MT035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0274
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79537
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024
  • 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: 48.6757697
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6494428
  • 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, B. Polley, B. Spokas, C. Gordon & R. Meniche (J. Skovlin, M. Roesch, M. Moore)
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active Andic Haplocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC - Duplicate - 2014MT6633283
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2017
  • Classifier - Jay Skovlin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash over till
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: trough
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/2014 ()
  • 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

    Bw

    2BC

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    3

    18

    37

    62

    102

    3

    18

    37

    62

    102

    150

    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

    Bw

    2BC

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    3

    18

    37

    62

    102

    3

    18

    37

    62

    102

    150

    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

    Bw

    2BC

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    3

    18

    37

    62

    102

    3

    18

    37

    62

    102

    150

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    18—37

    37—150

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    22

    1547

    145

    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly ashy loam; 35 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; , 6 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 6 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 6 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01643
    Bw—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly ashy loam; 42 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; , 8 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 8 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 , 8 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01644
    2BC—37 to 62 centimeters (14.6 to 24.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly sandy clay loam; 62 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; , 20 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 20 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 , 20 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N01645
    2C1—62 to 102 centimeters (24.4 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very gravelly sandy clay loam; 64 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 26 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; , 18 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 18 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 , 18 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01646
    2C2—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 37 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; , 3 percent by weight 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and , 3 percent by weight 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and , 3 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # 15N01647