IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MT031003
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MT031003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3728
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39393
  • 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: 45.8757401
  • Std. Longitude: -111.1591721
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet east and 210 feet north of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT622—Gallatin County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    3

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    AP—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28728
    B21—12 to 17 centimeters (4.7 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28729
    B22ca—17 to 22 centimeters (6.7 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28729
    C1ca—22 to 44 centimeters (8.7 to 17.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent lime masses and 3 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28730
    C2ca—44 to 69 centimeters (17.3 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent lime masses and 3 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28731
    C3ca—69 to 115 centimeters (27.2 to 45.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 3 percent threadlike lime masses and 1 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28732
    C4ca—115 to 142 centimeters (45.3 to 55.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent lime masses and 3 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A28733
    C5—142 to 182 centimeters (55.9 to 71.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A28734