IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Camascreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT089005
  • User Pedon ID: copyof88MT089005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61193
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.4583321
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6180573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet N and 1750 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Sanders County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Camascreek
  • PSC - 38 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—58

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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

    1

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    853

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    30

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    6

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    7

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    A 1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P0793. common medium roots; many fine roots
    B w—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P0794. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    B tk—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; strong angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P0795. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots
    B k—58 to 109 centimeters (22.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P0796. many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common faint 2.5Y52 mottles
    BC—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P0797. common distinct 2.5Y52 mottles