IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gamelake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989OR015025
  • User Pedon ID: 89OR015025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62242
  • Print Date: 11/12/2025

    • 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: 42.4069443
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1169434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: About 990 feet S and 2310 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Game Lake Road just E of Saddle Mtn.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR015—Curry
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplumbrepts
  • 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 #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gamelake
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gamelake
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—97

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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

    55

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    1189

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    270

    366

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. undecomposed litter layer - needles, leaves, twigs, woody materials
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01903. few fine to coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    BA—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common fine to coarse roots
    Bw1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common fine to coarse roots
    Bw2—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01904. common fine to coarse roots
    C1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few medium and coarse roots
    C2—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few medium and coarse roots