IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mussel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985MT007006
  • User Pedon ID: 85MT007006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0780
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57046
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 46.1047211
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5136108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet S and 250 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT007—Broadwater
  • MLRA: 44B—Central Rocky Mountain Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Richardson and W. Braker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mussel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04142. many very fine and fine roots
    1Bk1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 11 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04143. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bk2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 30 percent coarse irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04144. Lime (10YR 8/2) masses.; many coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bk3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 11 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04145. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bkz—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 11 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04146. Gypsum on vertical faces.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine roots
    1Bk4—130 to 145 centimeters (51.2 to 57.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 1 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04147. few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine roots
    1BC—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 1 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04148. few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine roots