IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tamarack
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT053001
  • User Pedon ID: copyof92MT053001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0647
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64886
  • 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: 48.0197220
  • Std. Longitude: -115.0477753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet E and 700 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: South of Middle Thompson Lake - CON property.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT053—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT651—Sanders and Parts of Lincoln and Flathead Counties, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48115-A1—Thompson Lakes, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TW and CS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamarack
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamarack
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ABGR

    ACGL

    ANRA

    ARCO

    ARUV

    BERE

    CHUM

    COCA

    LAOC

    LIBO

    MEFE

    PAMY

    PICO

    PIEN

    PIPO

    PSME

    PYAS

    SYAL

    VAGL

    Abies grandis

    Acer glabrum

    Antennaria racemosa

    Arabis cobrensis

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Berberis repens

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Cocculus carolinus

    Larix occidentalis

    Lilium bolanderi

    Menziesia ferruginea

    Paxistima myrsinites

    Pinus contorta

    Picea engelmannii

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pyrola asarifolia

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Vaccinium globulare

    grand fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    raceme pussytoes

    sagebrush rockcress

    kinnikinnick

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    pipsissewa

    Carolina coralbead

    western larch

    Bolander's lily

    rusty menziesia

    Oregon boxleaf

    lodgepole pine

    Engelmann spruce

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    liverleaf wintergreen

    common snowberry

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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

    4

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    1067

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    E—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03893
    O—5 to 0 centimeters (2.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments.
    Bs—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03894
    2E/Bt1—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03895
    2E/Bt1—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); 85 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.
    2E/Bt2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03896
    2E/Bt2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.
    2C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03897