IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morningstar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: JSP-09-166
  • User Pedon ID: S09OR045001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: JSP-09-166
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28163
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 44.3008347
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1133347
  • 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: 44118-C1—Eldorado Pass, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jeff Pace
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morningstar
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 29 to 92 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from basalt and/or metavolcanics
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRMA4

    PIPO

    PSME

    SYAL

    Bromus marginatus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Symphoricarpos albus

    mountain brome

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    common snowberry

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    29—92

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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

    55

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    1530

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    18

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    Oi—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    A—6 to 35 centimeters (2.4 to 13.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01432; observed in cut
    Bt1—35 to 64 centimeters (13.8 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; very cobbly clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01433; observed in cut
    Bt2—64 to 98 centimeters (25.2 to 38.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very cobbly clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01434; observed in cut
    BC—98 to 158 centimeters (38.6 to 62.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 10N01435; observed in cut