IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Horning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94OR037003
  • User Pedon ID: 94OR037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67077
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.2284504
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8097044
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 1700 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 044—Horning-Tonor complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes369—Horning-Tonor complex, 0 to 3 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, calcareous, frigid Vitrandic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Horning
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Horning
  • 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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    6.7

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk1—10 to 66 centimeters (3.9 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00417
    Bk2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00418
    Bk3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00419
    Bk4—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2Ckn1—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00420
    2Ckn2—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog.