IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roostercomb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986OR001001
  • User Pedon ID: 86OR001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0760
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59054
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.5041656
  • Std. Longitude: -117.6330566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR001—Baker

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Roostercomb
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roostercomb
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Ar
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    11

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    1699

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    36

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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 50 percent gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
    1BA—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04574. 60 percent gravel.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2Bt1—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04575. 60 percent gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2Bt2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely cobbly clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04576. 25 percent gravel.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots
    3R—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); fragments. Highly fractured greenstone.