IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ethridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953MT111001
  • User Pedon ID: S1953MT111001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953MT111001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39172
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 45.8618736
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2849121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south-southwest of E1/4
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT111—Yellowstone County, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45108-G3—Cottonwood Creek, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Bourne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Aridic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ethridge
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hesper
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1953 (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

    ACHNA

    BRTE

    PASM

    SALVI

    Achnatherum

    Bromus tectorum

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Salvia

    needlegrass

    cheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

    sage

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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

    2

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27094. mulch; weak very fine crumb structure; noncalcareous.
    B21t—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27095. coarse medium and fine crumb structure; noncalcareous.
    B22t—11 to 30 centimeters (4.3 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27096
    B31—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak prismatic parts to strong subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27097. noncalcareous.
    B32—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27098. calcareous; some whitish spots on fresh surface.
    C1ca—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27099. very calcareous with white specks.
    C2ca—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27100. very calcareous with white specks.
    C3—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27101. very calcareous with white specks; has scattered pebbles; horizon is underlain by a slightly reddish buried surface soil which was not sampled.