IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Madras
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989OR031014
  • User Pedon ID: 89OR031014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62118
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 44.6824989
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1419449
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR031—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argixerolls
  • 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 #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Madras
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Madras
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    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
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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. no sample; few very fine and fine roots
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate coarse platy structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01236. this horizon is absent in some pedons; common very fine roots
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01237. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine roots
    Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01238. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots
    2Crk—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); fragments. no sample; semi-consolidated sediments
    2R—69 centimeters (27.2 inches); fragments. no sample; basalt