IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KLAMATH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05-SMM-048
  • User Pedon ID: 05OR681048
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2015OR035006
  • User Site Association ID: OR683 point data
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0139
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17400
  • 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: 42.4796104
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5580826
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36 S
  • Range: 10 E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: about 1965 feet west and 2540 feet south of the northeast corner section
  • Location Description: About 3 miles west of Sprague River, Oregon
  • Map Unit: 4300—Ontko-Klamath-Chiloquinot complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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: OR683—Winema National Forest Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42121-D5—Sprague River West, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sue Malone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Cumulic Cryaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KLAMATH (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Klamath
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium over alluvium with minor amounts of diatomaceous sediments and/or coarse, sandy pumiceous, volcanic ash
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: flood plain on valley floor
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R006XB015OR Marshy Swale 14-26 PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: WET MEADOW
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 35
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    JUBA

    JUBA

    CARO6

    CARO6

    Juncus balticus

    Juncus balticus

    Carex rostrata

    Carex rostrata

    Baltic rush

    Baltic rush

    beaked sedge

    beaked sedge

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—71

    0—201

    71—142

    —71—

    —201—

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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

    1

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    1305

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    190

    406

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    30

    6.7

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    7.2

    12.2

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; mucky silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 20.0 very fine roots and 12.0 fine roots; 20.0 very fine irregular and 15.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent very fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    A2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 12.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 12.0 very fine irregular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    A3—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 12.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 12.0 very fine irregular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    AB—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) rubbed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) iron-manganese masses and 30 percent medium distinct irregular N 4/1 (N 4/1), moist, and N 3/1 (N 3/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bg1—86 to 94 centimeters (33.9 to 37.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; 18 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 18 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 30 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bg2—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 30 percent clay; massive; rigid, rigid, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent very fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bg3—135 to 142 centimeters (53.1 to 55.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) rubbed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 25 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, very weakly coherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent very fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2C—142 to 201 centimeters (55.9 to 79.1 inches); 1 percent greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) rubbed, 2 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 75 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 20 percent clay; single grain; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 20.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments; 45 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket