IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saddlepeak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989OR015023
  • User Pedon ID: 89OR015023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62240
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 42.3194427
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1594467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37 1/2S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: About 2310 feet S and 990 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Panther Lake spur off of 360; Curry County, Oregon.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR015—Curry
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • 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 #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saddlepeak
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saddlepeak
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    10—155

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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

    12

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    975

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    0

    366

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. litter layer
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very channery clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01901. few coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very channery clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bw2—31 to 61 centimeters (12.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very channery clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bw3—61 to 115 centimeters (24.0 to 45.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; very channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bw4—115 to 176 centimeters (45.3 to 69.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; very channery clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few fine and medium roots