IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leathers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989OR025001
  • User Pedon ID: 89OR025001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989OR025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0829
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61928
  • 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: 43.2931900
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0966034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: North edge of Harney Lake. SW NW NW;
  • Location Description: Harney County.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR025—Harney

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Keller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Natric Camborthids
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leathers
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leathers
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Natric Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCO

    GRSP

    SAVE4

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Grayia spinosa

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    shadscale saltbush

    spiny hopsage

    greasewood

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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

    2

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    1253

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    Ak—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04801. few very fine roots
    Bkn—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04802. many very fine roots
    2Bk1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04803. many very fine and fine roots
    2Bk2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04804. lime in filaments that effervesce; many very fine and fine roots
    2Bkqm—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. lime in filaments that effervesce; durinodes - 60%; many very fine roots
    3C—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. lime in filaments that effervesce; few fine roots
    4Ck—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. lime in filaments that effervesce; many fine roots
    5C—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sand; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog. loamy sand lenses; few fine roots