IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LARCHPOINT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MT089011
  • User Pedon ID: copyof92MT089011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MT089011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0387
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65730
  • 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: 47.6974983
  • Std. Longitude: -115.5483322
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet west and 1800 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Big Beaver Creek.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT651—Sanders and Parts of Lincoln and Flathead Counties, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GS and TW
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LARCHPOINT
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Larchpoint
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1992 (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

    ALNUS

    BETUL

    CAREX

    PHAR3

    POTEN

    Alnus

    Betula

    Carex

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Potentilla

    alder

    birch

    sedge

    reed canarygrass

    cinquefoil

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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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    792

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02888
    Bw—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02889
    Cg—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam, stony silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) distinct mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02890
    2Cg—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02891
    3Cg—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. no sample.