IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT051014
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT051014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0774
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60892
  • 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: 48.4637985
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9672623
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet E and 700 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT051—Liberty

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Aridic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varney
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Archin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Borollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04070
    Bt—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04071. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Btk—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04072. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Bk1—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04073
    Bk2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Cy1—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Cy2—71 to 145 centimeters (28.0 to 57.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.