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

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304 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />

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

boulders, 3 to 20 feet apart<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Gravelly glaci<strong>of</strong>luvial deposits<br />

weathered from limestone and sandstone<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 6.5 inches<br />

Work and similar soils<br />

Composition: 35 percent<br />

Geomorphic description:<br />

• Base slope toeslope on moraine<br />

• Base slope footslope on moraine<br />

Slope: 8 to 35 percent<br />

Elevation: 5,300 to 6,200 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 17 to 20 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 70 to 90 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Gravelly loam<br />

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

boulders, 3 to 20 feet apart<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Clayey alluvium<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 8.3 inches<br />

Bowery and similar soils<br />

Composition: 20 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Moraine and swale<br />

Slope: 8 to 35 percent<br />

Elevation: 5,300 to 6,200 feet<br />

Effective annual precipitation: 17 to 20 inches<br />

Frost-free period: 70 to 90 days<br />

Surface layer texture: Loam<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Loamy alluvium or colluvium<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 10.6 inches<br />

Additional Components<br />

Farnuf and similar soils: 5 percent<br />

Work 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 />

420E—Tibson, extremely bouldery-<br />

Bridger, extremely bouldery-Adel<br />

complex, 8 to 35 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 />

Bridger and similar soils<br />

Composition: 39 percent<br />

Geomorphic description: Base slope footslope on<br />

moraine<br />

Slope: 8 to 35 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: Cobbly clay loam<br />

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

boulders, 3 to 20 feet apart<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Silty and clayey alluvium<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 7.7 inches<br />

Tibson and similar soils<br />

Composition: 35 percent<br />

Geomorphic description:<br />

• Nose slope summit on moraine<br />

• Nose slope shoulder on moraine<br />

• Side slope shoulder on moraine<br />

Slope: 8 to 35 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: Gravelly loam<br />

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

boulders, 3 to 20 feet apart<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Parent material: Gravelly till, unspecified<br />

Native plant cover type: Rangeland<br />

Available water capacity: Mainly 5.1 inches

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