IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fordney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-JFD-03
  • User Pedon ID: 03OR035015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2015OR035001
  • User Site Association ID: OR683 point data
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0389
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16396
  • User Project ID: SSR012015001
  • Project Name: Soil Microbe Map Study
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.0184555
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3888626
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41 S.
  • Range: 12 E.
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: northeast quarter of the northeast quarter
  • Location Description: about 2 miles east of Malin, about 1 1/2 miles south & 1/2 mile east of type location for Fordney series
  • Map Unit: 19A—Fordney loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, north, MLRA 21
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-KLF—Klamath Falls, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR640—Klamath County, Oregon, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42121-A4—Malin, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dorr, Jim
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Vitrandic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fordney
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Vitrandic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from volcanic rock and/or tephra
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    0—30

    —30—
    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

    —

    —

    1236

    —

    279

    —

    105

    8.9

    19.4

    -2.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    2074

    Lynhart Ranch

    SCAN
    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy fine sandy loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 12.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02279; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap2—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; ashy fine sandy loam; strong coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 12.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 0.1 very fine low-continuity tubular and 6.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02280; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C1—30 to 110 centimeters (11.8 to 43.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; ashy loamy fine sand; massive; very hard, firm, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.3 very fine low-continuity tubular and 12.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02281; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C2—110 to 160 centimeters (43.3 to 63.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; ashy loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 20.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C3—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; ashy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry