IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Simas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974OR023002
  • User Pedon ID: 1974OR023002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974OR023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44931
  • 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: 44.4508324
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4049988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Simas (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 13 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1974
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    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

    22

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    914

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    150

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very stony clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 251-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C01003
    2Bt—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01004
    2Btk—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01005
    2Bk1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01006
    2Bk2—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly clay; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 251-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01007