IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ethridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MT035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MT035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3662
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39327
  • 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: 48.4968452
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2059174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 150 feet east of SW corner
  • Location Description: Valier Quad
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT035—Glacier
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT600—Glacier County Area and Part of Pondera County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Moshier
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ethridge
  • PSC - 15 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1968 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    1097

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    279

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    6.1

    17.8

    -5.6

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    0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A28222
    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28212; moist when described;
    B21T—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28213; moist when described;
    B22T—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28214; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189587; continuous - phpvsfiid 189587
    B31CA—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28215; moist when described;
    B32CA—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28216; moist when described;
    C1CA—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28217; moist when described;
    2C2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28218; moist when described;
    3C3CS—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28219; moist when described;
    3C4CS—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A28220; moist when described;
    3C5CS—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28221; moist when described;