IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MT031015
  • User Pedon ID: 87MT031015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0341
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60459
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 46.0105553
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4033356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryell
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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
    • 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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    1220

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    30

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    1A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    1Bk—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1C1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1C2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; loose, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01752
    1C3—58 to 152 centimeters (22.8 to 59.8 inches); sand and gravel; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Colors are varigated