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

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<strong>Sweet</strong> <strong>Grass</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Area</strong>, <strong>Montana</strong>—Part I 253<br />

Rock fragments on the soil surface: 3 to 15 percent<br />

stones, 2 to 3 feet apart<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Gravelly alluvium<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 4.5 inches<br />

Turner and similar soils<br />

Composition: 30 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Tread on stream terrace<br />

Slope: 2 to 8 percent<br />

Elevation: 4,200 to 6,000 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 85 to 115 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Sandy clay loam<br />

Rock fragments on the soil surface: 3 to 15 percent<br />

stones, 2 to 3 feet apart<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy over sandy and gravelly<br />

alluvium<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 4.9 inches<br />

Additional Components<br />

Turner, seeped and similar soils: 5 percent<br />

Management<br />

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

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

312D—Vershal very channery loam,<br />

2 to 15 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

Field investigation intensity: Order 2<br />

Elevation: 4,200 to 6,000 feet<br />

Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 85 to 115 days<br />

Major Component Description<br />

Vershal and similar soils<br />

Composition: 85 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Knoll and plain<br />

Slope: 2 to 15 percent<br />

Elevation: 4,200 to 6,000 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 85 to 115 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Very channery loam<br />

Depth to bedrock (lithic): 4 to 10 inches<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 0.6 inches<br />

Additional Components<br />

Cabba and similar soils: 3 percent<br />

Castner and similar soils: 3 percent<br />

Ticell and similar soils: 3 percent<br />

Amor and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Doney and similar soils: 2 percent<br />

Rock outcrop: 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 />

312F—Vershal very channery loam,<br />

15 to 60 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

Field investigation intensity: Order 2<br />

Elevation: 4,200 to 6,000 feet<br />

Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 85 to 115 days<br />

Major Component Description<br />

Vershal and similar soils<br />

Composition: 85 percent<br />

Geomorphic description:<br />

• Nose slope summit on escarpment<br />

• Nose slope shoulder on escarpment<br />

Slope: 15 to 60 percent<br />

Elevation: 4,200 to 6,000 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 85 to 115 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Very channery loam<br />

Depth to bedrock (lithic): 4 to 10 inches<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Residuum weathered from<br />

sandstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 0.6 inches<br />

Additional Components<br />

Amor and similar soils: 4 percent<br />

Castner and similar soils: 4 percent<br />

Wayden and similar soils: 4 percent<br />

Rock outcrop: 3 percent<br />

Management<br />

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

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

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