IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Catchell

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2015OR045124

User Pedon ID: 2015OR045124

Vegetation Plot ID: 2015OR045124

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 16N0642

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85189

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 43.1162056

Std. Longitude: -118.0729778

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: 5031—Bogusrim-Catchell complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes

State: Oregon

County: OR045—Malheur

MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area

Regional Office: SW—Southwest

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR644—Malheur County, Oregon, Southern Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43118-A1—Turnbull Peak, Oregon

PEDON

Describers Name: Pace, Jeff

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Abruptic Xeric Argidurids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Catchell

PSC - 7 to 28 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/9/2015

Classifier - Pace, Jeff

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Catchell

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Abruptic Xeric Argidurids

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 7 to 28 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/28/2015

Classifier - Pace, Jeff

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture SUBClass - xeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: volcanic ash and loess over colluvium and residuum weathered from basalt

Landscape: lava plateau

Landform: lava plateau

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated basalt at 70cm

Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter basalt, 15.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter basalt,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R024XY016OR	LOAMY 8-10 PZ	Oct 8 2015	JSP

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/28/2015 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Pace, Jeff

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
ACTH7 ARTRW8 GUSA2 PIDE4 PSSPS	Achnatherum thurberianum Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis Gutierrezia sarothrae Picrothamnus desertorum Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata	Thurber's needlegrass Wyoming big sagebrush broom snakeweed bud sagebrush bluebunch wheatgrass	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
abrupt textural change bedrock, lithic	noncoherent indurated	7 - 70 -	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon abrupt textural change secondary carbonates salt accumulations durinodes duripan lithic contact	0—7 7—28 7— 18—70 18—36 28—70 60—70 70—	—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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
3	—	—	1274.7	—	320	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

An—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; cobbly ashy silt loam; 23 percent sand; 27 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots; many (4.0) very fine vesicular and many (4.0) fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-400-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02769; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2Btnz—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 18 percent sand; 40 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots and moderately few (0.5) fine roots; common (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-10-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02770; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2Btknz—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; silty clay; 10 percent sand; 45 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots; common (3.0) very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films; 5 percent distinct threadlike carbonate masses and 5 percent prominent threadlike salt masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-10-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02771; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2Bknqyz—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 23 percent sand; 19 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable by silica and carbonates, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent salt masses and 20 percent prominent carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-10-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume durinodes fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02772; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2Bknz—36 to 60 centimeters (14.2 to 23.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; cobbly loam; 38 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable by silica and carbonates, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few (0.5) very fine roots; common (4.0) very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-10-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume durinodes fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02773; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2Bkqm—60 to 70 centimeters (23.6 to 27.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, moist; cemented material, extremely cobbly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable by carbonates and silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few (0.1) very fine roots; 60 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt irregular boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2R—70 centimeters (27.6 inches); bedrock; fragments.; dry when described; observed in pit, small