IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rominell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MT071002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MT071002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MT071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3655
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39320
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 48.5333328
  • Std. Longitude: -107.5000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: On Lake Bowdoin Waterfowl Refuge-10 miles east of Malta.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT071—Phillips
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Borollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rominell
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thoeny
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: glacial till plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1967 (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

    BOGR2

    HECOC8

    KOMA

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    needle and thread

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

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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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    823

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    30

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    125

    6

    20

    -9.5

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, moist; loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28153. common unstained sand grains
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed and light gray (10YR 7/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, moist; loam; moderate thin platy, and strong thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28154. abundant unstained sand grains
    Bt21—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; strong fine columnar, and strong fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; thick clay films and thick clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28155. thin frosting of unstained sand grains on vertical surfaces; continuous - phpvsfiid 292106; patchy - phpvsfiid 292107; continuous - phpvsfiid 292106; patchy - phpvsfiid 292107
    B3—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; thin clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28156. patchy - phpvsfiid 292108; patchy - phpvsfiid 292108
    2Casc2—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses around rock fragments and 10 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A28157
    2Csc2—63 to 114 centimeters (24.8 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28158. few thin very fine sandy loam strata
    3Csc3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, moist; loam, clay loam; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent gypsum crystal clusters; 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28159. glacial till