IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TIPPETT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993OR063003
  • User Pedon ID: 1993OR063003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66358
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 45.5036125
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0427780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet north and 1000 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 13 miles northeast of Joseph.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR063—Wallowa
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR670—Wallowa County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Vertic Palexerolls
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TIPPETT (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tippett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Vertic Palexeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/3/1993
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: swale
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/3/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    25—51

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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

    2

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    1219

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    381

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; strong fine granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01019
    Bw—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2E—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    3Bt—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1575084; continuous - phpvsfiid 1575084
    3Btss1—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1575085; continuous - phpvsfiid 1575085
    3Btss2—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    3BC—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.