IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988OR025002
  • User Pedon ID: 88OR025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60825
  • User Project ID: SSR012015001
  • Project Name: Soil Microbe Map Study
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.5122223
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6463852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 33E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2 mi N of JMK Ranch Headquarters.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR025—Harney
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR628—Harney County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leet, Clark, Makinson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Xerollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawen
  • PSC - 38 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawen
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Calcic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands derived from mixed and/or lacustrine deposits derived from mixed
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (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

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    3

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    1257

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    23

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03769. many very fine roots
    1Bw—8 to 38 centimeters (3.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03770. many fine roots
    2Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03771. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium roots
    2Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03772. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots
    3B—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    3C—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    3Ckqm—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; very hard, extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    4C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.