IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boxwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT0391506
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT0391506
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MT0391506
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0321
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64560
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 46.6569443
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2277756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet N and 200 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT039—Granite
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT621—Granite County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 150
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxwell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy Typic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    CENTA

    CHRYS9

    CYTIS

    GUTIE

    LORO7

    Centaurea

    Chrysothamnus

    Cytisus

    Gutierrezia

    Lomatium roseanum

    knapweed

    rabbitbrush

    broom

    snakeweed

    biscuitroot

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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

    10

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    1280

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01949
    Bw—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01950
    BC—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01951
    C1—33 to 94 centimeters (13.0 to 37.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01952
    Cr—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P01953