IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Simas
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1997OR023033
User Pedon ID:
97ORGCAO011
Vegetation Plot ID:
2015OR023001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Pedon # -
98P0243
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
10514
User Project ID:
SSR012015001
Project Name:
Soil Microbe Map Study
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:
44.4513390
Std. Longitude:
-119.4061130
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
13 S.
Range:
28 E.
Section:
7
State:
Oregon
County:
OR023—Grant
Regional Office:
1—Portland, OR
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
44119-D4—Aldrich Mountain North, Oregon
PEDON
Describers Name:
Stan Winther
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Palexerolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, brief description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Simas
Classificaton Date -
7/30/2007
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Subclass -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Simas
Classificaton Date -
8/6/1997
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
colluvium derived from tuffaceous sediments with a minor influence of Mazama volcanic ash in the surface horizons
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
hillside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
nose slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1997 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
ARTEM
CHRYS9
JUNIP
Artemisia
Chrysothamnus
Juniperus
sagebrush
rabbitbrush
juniper
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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
12
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805
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180
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01417; dry when described;
2Bt—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01418; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 337540; continuous - phpvsfiid 337541; continuous - phpvsfiid 337540; continuous - phpvsfiid 337541
2Btk—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01419; dry when described;
2Bk—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 98P01420; dry when described;