IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tubmountain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: jsp08095
  • User Pedon ID: S08OR045128
  • Vegetation Plot ID: jsp08095
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23957
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 44.1533318
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1250000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR045—Malheur
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR645—Malheur County, Oregon, Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44117-B2—Tub Mountain, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JEFF PACE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 128
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tubmountain
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplargids
  • PSC - 40 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits and/or residuum weathered from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    AGCR

    ARTRT

    BRTE

    POA

    Agropyron cristatum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa

    crested wheatgrass

    basin big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    bluegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    durinodes

    0—40

    40—101

    101—152

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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

    8

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    901

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    40

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01566; moist when described;
    AB—12 to 40 centimeters (4.7 to 15.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—40 to 85 centimeters (15.7 to 33.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01567; moist when described;
    Bt2—85 to 101 centimeters (33.5 to 39.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bq—101 to 152 centimeters (39.8 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent cylindrical durinodes; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red. Lab sample # 09N01568; dry when described;