IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gosney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989OR017011
  • User Pedon ID: 1989OR017011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989OR017011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0798
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61897
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025
  • 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: 44.0499992
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1916656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Deschutes County, OR.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR017—Deschutes
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR620—Upper Deschutes River Area, Oregon, Parts of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Klamath Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44121-A2—Bend Airport, Oregon
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Ferry, Thor Thorson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Glassy, nonacid, mesic Lithic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gosney (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 0 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2003
  • Classifier - Thor Thorson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated block lava at 36cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: William Ferry, Thor Thorson
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    36 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    0—20

    0—36

    —-

    —-

    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

    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stony ashy loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04580
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04580
    AC—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy loamy sand; single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04581
    C—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy loamy sand; single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots; common very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 89P04581
    2R—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.