IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Giranch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02OR037002
  • User Pedon ID: 02OR037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15304
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 43.5816936
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0526278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 671B—Meld-Giranch complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes442—Meld-Giranch complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR037—Lake
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR635—Lake County, Oregon, Northern Part, Parts of Lake and Klamath Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Keller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, glassy, frigid Vitritorrandic Durixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Giranch
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GI Ranch
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Class - biological crust
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or alluvium
  • Landform: fan remnant alluvial fan, mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    duripan

    very strongly coherent

    84 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—58

    28—84

    —58—

    —56—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    1445

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    356

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    60

    7

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly ashy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 9.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 9.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-165-254 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-76 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01762; observed in trench
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly ashy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 9.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 9.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-165-254 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-76 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01763; observed in trench
    Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly ashy clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 254-432-610 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-165-254 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-76 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01764; observed in trench
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly clay; 50 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-165-254 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-76 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01765; observed in trench
    Btq—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; ashy clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong thick platy, and moderate medium platy structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots; 9.0 very fine interstitial pores; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats and 70 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-76 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01766; observed in trench
    Bkqm—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); fragments.; observed in trench