IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Floweree
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MT111004
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MT111004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3519
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39184
  • 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: 45.7407570
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6996460
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet east and 100 feet north of west quarter corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT111—Yellowstone
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT111—Yellowstone County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave R. Cawlfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Aridic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Floweree
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keiser
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27172
    B2ca—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and coarse and 21.0 fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27173. patchy - phpvsfiid 196424; patchy - phpvsfiid 196424
    C1ca—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and coarse and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27174
    C2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27175. coarse prominent white lime splotches.
    C3—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint and brown (10YR 5/3) mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27176
    C4—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A27177