Soil Survey of Sweet Grass County Area, Montana - Soil Data Mart
Soil Survey of Sweet Grass County Area, Montana - Soil Data Mart
Soil Survey of Sweet Grass County Area, Montana - Soil Data Mart
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284 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />
Mean annual precipitation: 20 to 25 inches<br />
Frost-free period: 50 to 70 days<br />
Major Component Description<br />
Fifer and similar soils<br />
Composition: 45 percent<br />
Geomorphic description:<br />
• Mountaintop summit on mountain<br />
• Mountaintop shoulder on mountain<br />
Slope: 4 to 15 percent<br />
Elevation: 6,000 to 7,500 feet<br />
Effective annual precipitation: 20 to 25 inches<br />
Frost-free period: 50 to 70 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 2.7 inches<br />
Rock outcrop<br />
Composition: 40 percent<br />
Definition: Rock outcrop consists mainly <strong>of</strong> areas <strong>of</strong><br />
exposed hard bedrock.<br />
Geomorphic description: Mountain<br />
Additional Components<br />
Cheadle and similar soils: 5 percent<br />
Knep and similar soils: 5 percent<br />
Tongue River 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 />
384E—Fifer-Cheadle complex,<br />
15 to 45 percent slopes<br />
Setting<br />
Elevation: 6,000 to 7,500 feet<br />
Mean annual precipitation: 20 to 25 inches<br />
Frost-free period: 50 to 70 days<br />
Major Component Description<br />
Fifer and similar soils<br />
Composition: 45 percent<br />
Geomorphic description:<br />
• Mountaintop summit on mountain<br />
• Mountaintop shoulder on mountain<br />
• Mountainflank shoulder on mountain<br />
Slope: 15 to 45 percent<br />
Elevation: 6,000 to 7,500 feet<br />
Effective annual precipitation: 20 to 25 inches<br />
Frost-free period: 50 to 70 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 shale<br />
Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />
Available water capacity: Mainly 2.7 inches<br />
Cheadle and similar soils<br />
Composition: 40 percent<br />
Geomorphic description:<br />
• Mountaintop summit on mountain<br />
• Mountaintop shoulder on mountain<br />
Slope: 15 to 45 percent<br />
Elevation: 6,000 to 7,500 feet<br />
Effective annual precipitation: 20 to 25 inches<br />
Frost-free period: 50 to 70 days<br />
Surface layer texture: Channery loam<br />
Depth to bedrock (lithic): 10 to 20 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 1.1 inches<br />
Additional Components<br />
Fifer and similar soils: 4 percent<br />
Knep and similar soils: 4 percent<br />
Tongue River 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.<br />
385E—Millerlake-Arrowpeak-Adel<br />
complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes<br />
Setting<br />
Field investigation intensity: Order 2<br />
Elevation: 6,000 to 7,500 feet<br />
Mean annual precipitation: 20 to 25 inches<br />
Frost-free period: 50 to 70 days<br />
Major Component Description<br />
Millerlake and similar soils<br />
Composition: 40 percent<br />
Geomorphic description: Mountainbase toeslope on<br />
mountain