IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S2013MT017001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MT017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97460
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74403
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 46.2352083
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0369194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: The site is approximately 334 meters south and 860 meters east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: The site is located on State land and is approximately 20 kilometers west of Miles City along Interstate 94 and approximately 8.6 kilometers south along Moon Creek Road.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT017—Custer
  • MLRA: 58A—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT017—Custer County Area, Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46106-B1—Moon Creek School, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Amber Mason, Brian Kloster
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Fine-loamy residuum weathered from the interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale of the Tongue River Member
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: swale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—8

    4—19

    19—40

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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

    9

    —

    —

    874

    —

    60

    332

    —

    143

    7.8

    —

    —

    10.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    245685

    Miles City, Montana

    COOP
    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong thin platy structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13283
    BA—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13284. patchy - phpvsfiid 1236943; patchy - phpvsfiid 1236943
    Bt—19 to 48 centimeters (7.5 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, moderately sticky, very plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13285. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1236944; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1236944
    Bk1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, nonplastic; ; 12 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13286
    Bk2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; 27 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 7 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13287
    Bk3—102 to 115 centimeters (40.2 to 45.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13288
    Bk4—115 to 132 centimeters (45.3 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13289
    Bk5—132 to 200 centimeters (52.0 to 78.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 13N13290