IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Firetower
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT053008
  • User Pedon ID: copyof92MT053008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT053008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0715
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64954
  • 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: 48.0838890
  • Std. Longitude: -115.1736145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet S and 2100 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Near Loon Lake.
  • 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-A2—Loon Lake, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CRS
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Firetower
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Firetower
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ACMI

    CIRSI

    POFR

    POGR

    SYAL

    TARAX

    Acacia millefolia

    Cirsium

    Polyctenium fremontii

    Poa gracillima

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Taraxacum

    milfoil wattle

    thistle

    desert combleaf

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    common snowberry

    dandelion

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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

    2

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    1013

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    180

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04352
    Bw1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04353
    Bw2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04354
    Bw3—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04355
    C1—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04356
    C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P04357