IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bowlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MT047462
  • User Pedon ID: copyof81MT047462
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981MT047462
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56073
  • 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: 47.6632156
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4109802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet east and 1200 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT047—Lake
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT629—Lake County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, frigid Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 462
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowlake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Typic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    MELIL

    PHLEU

    TRPO

    Agropyron cristatum

    Melilotus

    Phleum

    Tragopogon porrifolius

    crested wheatgrass

    sweetclover

    timothy

    salsify

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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

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    917.4

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A&B—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, moist; gravelly clay loam; strong coarse granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt irregular boundary.
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium and coarse pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01720. Sampled 12 to 14 inches?
    B3—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary.
    C1ca—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red.