IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wickiup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98-JFD-02
  • User Pedon ID: 03OR035013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16094
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025
  • 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: 43.1553879
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5752792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28 S.
  • Range: 10 E.
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: about 2150 feet west and 1000 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Jackies Thicket, about 4 miles south and 11 miles east of Chemult
  • Map Unit: 2005—Wickiup diatomaceous silt, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR683—Winema National Forest Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43121-B5—Tea Table Mountain, Oregon
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dorr, Jim
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-pumiceous, glassy, nonacid Typic Cryaquands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wickiup
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-pumiceous, glassy, nonacid Typic Cryaquands
  • PSC - 5 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1998
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: diatomeceous earth over volcanic ash derived from dacite and/or pumice derived from dacite
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: PICO/VAUL/CAAN15 p.a.
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    diatomaceous earth

    limnic materials

    andic soil properties

    0—6

    1—160

    5—16

    5—16

    16—85

    —6—

    —159—

    —11—

    —11—

    —69—

    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

    0

    1540

    0

    760

    20

    5

    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt broken boundary.; dry when described;
    Oe—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dry; moderately decomposed plant material; moderate excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    A—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; diatomaceous silt; weak medium platy parts to strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Ldi—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; diatomaceous silt; strong very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular moderately coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 1 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry, manganese masses lining pores and 1 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses lining pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    2BCc1—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; very paragravelly ashy loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 5 percent medium irregular strongly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix; 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02122; moist when described;
    2BCc2—26 to 85 centimeters (10.2 to 33.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) exterior, dry; extremely paragravelly ashy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 10 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix; 80 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02123; moist when described;
    2BCc3—85 to 160 centimeters (33.5 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) exterior, dry; extremely paragravelly ashy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 8.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 5 percent coarse irregular strongly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese nodules in matrix; 80 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue.; wet when described;