IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MT029006
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MT029006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73116
  • 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: 48.6717486
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8205563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT029—Flathead
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT663—Glacier National Park Area - Parts of Glacier and Flathead Counties, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jay Skovlin, Mike Roesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal Andic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/2017
  • Classifier - Jay Skovlin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over outwash derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landform: outwash terrace on glacial-valley floor
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: TSHE/CLUN-ARNU
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    3—10

    3—39

    10—39

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    1

    —

    —

    1049

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; medial silt loam; 22 percent sand; 17 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13162
    Bw1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; gravelly medial silt loam; 26 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N13163
    Bw2—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly medial silt loam; 28 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13164
    2BC—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 87 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 65 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N13165
    2C—59 to 110 centimeters (23.2 to 43.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) extremely gravelly coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 75 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 13N13166