IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Worock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MT063008
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MT063008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MT063008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44947
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 47.4208336
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5866699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 860 feet north and 990 feet east of the west 1/4 corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT063—Missoula
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT638—Missoula County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Anderson, W. D. Harrision
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worock
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    AMELA

    PICO

    XEROP

    Amelanchier

    Pinus contorta

    Xerophyllum

    serviceberry

    lodgepole pine

    beargrass

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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

    12

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    1341

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    315

    813

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    7.2

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.
    O2—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    A2—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00010
    A&B—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00011
    B&A—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 75C00012
    B2T—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 75C00013