IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ritter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S03OR-23-002
  • User Pedon ID: 02ORGCAO026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S03OR-23-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - nssl
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0332
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15176
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 44.8773460
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0913544
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 S.
  • Range: 30 E.
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1,100 feet south and 2,000 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: located 3 miles southeast of the town of Ritter on the north side of the Middle Fork of the John Day River
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ritter (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ritter
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: reworked loess over coarse-loamy colluvium derived from basalt
  • Landscape: lava plateau
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: basalt at 127cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRTE

    Bromus tectorum

    cheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—86

    33—86

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    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

    7

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    926.6

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    210

    406

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    100

    8.3

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; strong very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; cobbly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; cobbly loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ck—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; cobbly loamy coarse sand; 5 percent clay; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. continuous - phpvsfiid 275118; continuous - phpvsfiid 275118