IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT107001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT107001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3698
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39363
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 46.4822235
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8291702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 2200 feet west of east 1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT107—Wheatland
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT624—Wheatland County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Decker and T. J. Holder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Borollic Camborthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lebo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landform: High stream terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: siltstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1970 (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

    ARFR4

    HECOC8

    KOMA

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    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

    0.5

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    1433

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    305

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    100

    5.5

    16.5

    -5.2

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28499
    Bca2—10 to 65 centimeters (3.9 to 25.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 10 percent medium threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified and 10 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A28500
    Cca1—65 to 111 centimeters (25.6 to 43.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28501
    Cca2—111 to 150 centimeters (43.7 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 10 percent medium and coarse threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28502
    2C3—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A28503
    3C4—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); bedrock; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A28504