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Soil Survey of Sweet Grass County Area, Montana - Soil Data Mart

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178 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone and siltstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 3.0 inches<br />

Delpoint and similar soils<br />

Composition: 40 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Plain and swale<br />

Slope: 2 to 8 percent<br />

Elevation: 3,750 to 5,200 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 95 to 125 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Loam<br />

Depth to bedrock (paralithic): 20 to 40 inches<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone and siltstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 4.6 inches<br />

Additional Components<br />

Yamacall and similar soils: 4 percent<br />

Boxwell and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Rentsac and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Yawdim and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Management<br />

For management information about this map unit,<br />

see appropriate sections in Part II <strong>of</strong> this publication.<br />

112D—Cabbart-Delpoint, calcareous,<br />

loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

Field investigation intensity: Order 2<br />

Elevation: 3,750 to 5,200 feet<br />

Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 95 to 125 days<br />

Major Component Description<br />

Cabbart and similar soils<br />

Composition: 50 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Knoll and plain<br />

Slope: 8 to 15 percent<br />

Elevation: 3,750 to 5,200 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 95 to 125 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Loam<br />

Depth to bedrock (paralithic): 10 to 20 inches<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone and siltstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 3.0 inches<br />

Delpoint and similar soils<br />

Composition: 40 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Plain and swale<br />

Slope: 8 to 15 percent<br />

Elevation: 3,750 to 5,200 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 95 to 125 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Loam<br />

Depth to bedrock (paralithic): 20 to 40 inches<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone and siltstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 4.6 inches<br />

Additional Components<br />

Yamacall and similar soils: 4 percent<br />

Rentsac and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Rock outcrop: 2 percent<br />

Yawdim and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Management<br />

For management information about this map unit,<br />

see appropriate sections in Part II <strong>of</strong> this publication.<br />

112E—Cabbart-Delpoint, calcareous<br />

loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

Elevation: 3,750 to 5,200 feet<br />

Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 95 to 125 days<br />

Major Component Description<br />

Cabbart and similar soils<br />

Composition: 50 percent<br />

Geomorphic description:<br />

• Nose slope summit on hill<br />

• Nose slope backslope on hill<br />

• Side slope backslope on hill<br />

Slope: 15 to 35 percent<br />

Elevation: 3,750 to 5,200 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 95 to 125 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Loam<br />

Depth to bedrock (paralithic): 10 to 20 inches<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone and siltstone

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