IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ermabell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986OR017003
  • User Pedon ID: 86OR017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0947
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59241
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 44.2916679
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5500031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 100 feet north of the SW1/4NW1/4
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south of Sisters, Oregon, on Three Creeks Road
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR017—Deschutes
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Myhrum
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, frigid Mollic Vitrixerands
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ermabell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eaglerock
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, mixed, frigid Mollic Vitrandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - 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: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—79

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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
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    1A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05707. Less than 5% pumice.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1A2—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05708. Less than 5% pumice.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1A3—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05709. 10% pumice.; few medium and coarse roots
    1AC—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. 15% pumice.
    2C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Less than 5% pumice.