IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MT107004
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MT107004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MT107004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39373
  • 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: 46.6499176
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8341446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1584 feet west of southeast 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: J. L. Parker and G. Decker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic Aridic Calciborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rothiemay
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly calcareous outwash loamy alluvium derived from shale and/or strongly calcareous outwash loamy alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: high piedmont outwash fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    HECOC8

    PASM

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    needle and thread

    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
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    1402

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A28564
    B21—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 micro and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A28565
    B22—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 micro and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28566
    Cc1—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 micro pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated and 50 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A28567
    Cc2—55 to 75 centimeters (21.7 to 29.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 micro pores; 75 percent carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28568
    Cc3—75 to 96 centimeters (29.5 to 37.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 micro pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28569
    2C4—96 to 106 centimeters (37.8 to 41.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; massive; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A28570