IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94OR037006
  • User Pedon ID: 94OR037006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67080
  • 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: 43.2987279
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7785937
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: 033—Abert ashy loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes200—Abert ashy loamy sand, 0 to 2 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, frigid Sodic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Abert
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abert
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bw—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00425
    2Bk2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00426
    2Bk3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00427
    3C—89 to 89 centimeters (35.0 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    3Ck—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter pumice fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00428