*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1969MT027001

( Fergus, Montana )

Print Date: Oct 31 2024 7:09PM

Sampled as on Aug 11, 1969:	Gerber
Revised to correlated:	GERBER ; Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Udorthentic Chromusterts

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	NL40001   SSIR SAMPLES	Soil Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S1969MT027001   Lat: 47° 15' 51.70" north  Long: 109° 55' 21.96" west  MLRA: 58A	Lincoln Soil Survey Laboratory
	-	Pedon No.	40A3679	Soil Laboratory
	-	General Methods 1B1A, 2A1, 2B		Lincoln, Nebraska

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Layer	Horizon	Orig Hzn	Depth (cm)	Field Label 1	Field Label 2	Field Label 3	Field Texture	Lab Texture
40A28367	Ap	Ap	0-12	69L0653				CL
40A28368	Bt	B 2t	12-43	69L0654				C
40A28369	Ap	Ap	0-12	69L0655

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Pedon Calculations
Calculation Name	Result	Units of Measure
CEC Activity, CEC7/Clay, Weighted Average	0.56	(NA)
Clay, carbonate free, Weighted Average	46	% wt
Weighted Particles, 0.1-75mm, 75 mm Base	15	% wt
Volume, >2mm, Weighted Average	3	% vol
Clay, total, Weighted Average	46	% wt
Weighted averages based on control section: 12-43 cm

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PSDA  &  Rock Fragments				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
					(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Rock Fragments   (mm) )
				Lab	Clay	Silt	Sand	Fine	CO3	Fine	Coarse	VF	F	M	C	VC	(- - - - - - - - Weight - - - - - - - -)				>2 mm
				Text-	<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1	2	5	20	.1-	wt %
	Depth			ure	.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2	-5	-20	-75	75	whole
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm Mineral Soil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)												(- - - - - - - % of <75mm - - - - - -)				soil
				3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a		3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3B1	3B1	3B1
40A28367	0-12	Ap	S	cl	28.6	46.8	24.6	16.3		21.7	25.1	8.5	8.0	3.9	2.5	1.7	3	5	--	23	8
40A28368	12-43	Bt	S	c	45.7	38.0	16.3	31.3		19.1	18.9	5.5	5.5	2.8	1.6	0.9	2	3	--	15	5
40A28369	0-12	Ap	S														--	--	--

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Bulk Density  &  Moisture				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(Bulk Density)		Cole	(- - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Air Dry-Oven Dry )		WRD	Aggst
				33	Oven	Whole	6	10	33	1500	1500 kPa	(- - - - Ratio - - - -)		Whole	Stabl	(- - Ratio/Clay - -)
	Depth			kPa	Dry	Soil	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	Moist		Corrected	Soil	2-0.5mm	CEC7	1500 kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - g cm-3 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - pct of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - -)							cm3 cm-3	%
				NK	4A1h			4B1c	NK	NK
40A28367	0-12	Ap	S	1.44	1.82	0.077		28.5	26.5	11.2				0.21		0.69	0.39
40A28368	12-43	Bt	S	1.41	1.67	0.056		27.5	25.8	16.6				0.13		0.56	0.36

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1969MT027001

( Fergus, Montana )

Print Date: Oct 31 2024 7:09PM

Sampled As	:	Gerber
USDA-SCS-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  40A3679

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Carbon  &  Extractions

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

-19-

(- - - - - Total - - - - -)

Est

OC

C/N

(- - - Dith-Cit Ext - - -)

(- - - - - - Ammonium Oxalate Extraction - - - - - -)

(- - - Na Pyro-Phosphate - - -)

Depth

C

N

S

OC

(WB)

Ratio

Fe

Al

Mn

Al+½Fe

ODOE

Fe

Al

Si

Mn

C

Fe

Al

Mn

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - - - - - - % of <2 mm - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg kg-1

(- - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - -)

NK

40A28367

0-12

Ap

S

1.67

40A28368

12-43

Bt

S

0.86

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CEC  &  Bases

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

(- - - - - - NH4OAC Extractable Bases - - - - -)

CEC8

CEC7

ECEC

(- - - - Base - - - -)

Sum

Acid-

Extr

KCl

Sum

NH4

Bases

Al

(- Saturation -)

Depth

Ca

Mg

Na

K

Bases

ity

Al

Mn

Cats

OAC

+Al

Sat

Sum

NH4OAC

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg kg-1

(- - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - -)

(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - -)

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

40A28367

0-12

Ap

S

14.2

3.3

0.1

1.4

3.8

19.6

83

97

40A28368

12-43

Bt

S

14.6

7.9

0.3

1.2

25.7

100

93

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Salt

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

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-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

-19-

-20-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Extracted From Saturated Paste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

1:2

Total

Elec

Elec

Exch

Depth

Ca

Mg

Na

K

CO3

HCO3

F

Cl

PO4

Br

OAC

SO4

NO2

NO3

H2O

Salts

Cond

Cond

Na

SAR

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - mmol(+) L-1 - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mmol(-) L-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - % - - - -)

(- - dS m-1 - -)

%

40A28367

0-12

Ap

S

1

40A28368

12-43

Bt

S

1

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pH  &  Carbonates

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - Carbonate - -)

(- - Gypsum - - -)

CaCl2

As CaCO3

As CaSO4*2H2O

Resist

Depth

0.01M

H2O

Sat

<2mm

<20mm

<2mm

<20mm

ohms

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

KCl

1:2

1:1

Paste

Oxid

NaF

(- - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - -)

cm-1

NK

NK

NK

40A28367

0-12

Ap

S

6.4

6.9

--

40A28368

12-43

Bt

S

6.7

7.3

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*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1969MT027001

( Fergus, Montana )

Print Date: Oct 31 2024 7:09PM

Sampled As	:	Gerber
USDA-SCS-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  40A3679

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Elemental

EGME

Inter

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

MgO

CaO

K2O

Na2O

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7A2i

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

40A28367

0.0-12.0

Ap

tcly

MI 2

MT 2

KK 2

40A28368

12.0-43.0

Bt

tcly

MI 2

MT 2

KK 2

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
tcly - Total Clay <0.002 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
KK Kaolinite	MI Mica	MT Montmorillonite

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: S1969MT027001

( Fergus, Montana )

Print Date: Oct 31 2024 7:09PM

Sampled As	:	Gerber
USDA-SCS-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  40A3679

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
				X-Ray					Thermal				Elemental							EGME	Inter
													SiO2	Al2O3	Fe2O3	MgO	CaO	K2O	Na2O	Retn	preta
	Depth		Fract	7A2																	tion
Layer	(cm)	Horz	ion	( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )					(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg g-1
40A28368	12.0-43.0	Bt	fcly	MI 3	MT 2	KK 2

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
fcly - Fine Clay <0.0002 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
KK Kaolinite	MI Mica	MT Montmorillonite

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks