IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUSSEL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT007006
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT007006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39367
  • 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: 46.1237946
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5830765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet west and 450 feet north of SE 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: J. A. Olsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MUSSEL
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mussel
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 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
    • 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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    1250

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    279

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    5.6

    16.7

    -6.7

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28526
    C1CA—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 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 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28527
    C2CA—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 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 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28528
    C3CA—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 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 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28529
    C4CA—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28530
    C5—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28531
    C6—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A28532
    C7—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28533