IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deschutes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987OR017002
  • User Pedon ID: 87OR017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2015OR017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0511
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59806
  • User Project ID: SSR012015001
  • Project Name: Soil Microbe Map Study
  • 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: 44.2358322
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2616653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR017—Deschutes
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • 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-B3—Tumalo, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitritorrandic Haploxerolls
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Deschutes
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deschutes
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (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
    • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02693. common fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02694. few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    A3—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02695. few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    Bkb—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and coarse structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02696. few fine and medium roots
    2Bkqb—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; strong fine platy structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P02697. few fine and medium roots
    3R—76 to 79 centimeters (29.9 to 31.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P02698. basalt