IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mussel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT007005
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT007005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39366
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 46.0940704
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5994720
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 325 feet north and 100 feet west of the E1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Broadwater County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT007—Broadwater
  • MLRA: 44B—Central Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT609—Broadwater County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46111-A5—Plunket Lake, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. C. Bingham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mussel
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mussel
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1970 (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

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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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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    1277

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    279

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    5.6

    16.7

    -6.7

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28519
    C1CA—10 to 37 centimeters (3.9 to 14.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28520
    C2CA—37 to 63 centimeters (14.6 to 24.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam, silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28521
    C3CA—63 to 91 centimeters (24.8 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28522
    C4CA—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28523
    C5CA—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28524
    2C6—122 to 180 centimeters (48.0 to 70.9 inches); very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28525