IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morehouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94OR037002
  • User Pedon ID: 94OR037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67076
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 43.3045606
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8391511
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 037—Morehouse ashy loamy fine sand, 2 to 20 percent slopes472—Morehouse ashy loamy fine sand, 2 to 20 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR037—Lake
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR635—Lake County, Oregon, Northern Part, Parts of Lake and Klamath Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, nonacid, frigid Vitrandic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morehouse
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morehouse
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    229

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00415
    AC—13 to 56 centimeters (5.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00416
    C—56 to 104 centimeters (22.0 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2Bk1—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bk2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog.