IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Drewsey

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: SBF-09-174

User Pedon ID: S09OR045012

Vegetation Plot ID: SBF-09-174

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0419

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40035

Print Date: 4/27/2025

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: 42.8231773

Std. Longitude: -117.8732224

Datum: WGS84

Township: 31 S.

Range: 40 E.

Section: 36

State: Oregon

County: OR045—Malheur

MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR644—Malheur County, Oregon, Southern Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42117-G7—Burns Junction, Oregon

PEDON

Describers Name: S. Bernal-Fields

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrixerandic Haplocambids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 12

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Drewsey

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/17/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Drewsey

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrixeran

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 10/8/2009

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or loess and/or alluvium over residuum weathered from basalt

Landscape: plateau

Landform: stream terrace on lava flow

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 5- to 75-millimeter

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R024XY609OR	DROUGHTY BOTTOM 6-10 PZ

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/8/2009 (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
ARTRT LECI4	Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata Leymus cinereus	basin big sagebrush basin wildrye	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
duripan	moderately coherent	138 - 140	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon secondary carbonates cambic horizon argillic horizon lithologic discontinuity duripan	0—10 10—40 40—60 124—138 124— 138—140	—- —- —- —- —- —-

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
2	—	—	1200	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; ashy very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; - 100 - percent of the total horizon; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01682; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bw1—10 to 40 centimeters (3.9 to 15.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; ashy loam; 50 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; - 100 - percent of the total horizon; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01683; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bw2—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 11 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent fine and medium brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; - 100 - percent of the total horizon; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01684; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—60 to 124 centimeters (23.6 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; stratified stratified loam; 50 percent sand; 11 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent fine and medium brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; - 70 - percent of the total horizon; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01685, 10N01686; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

BC—60 to 124 centimeters (23.6 to 48.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stratified stratified gravelly coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; - 30 - percent of the total horizon; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01685, 10N01686; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Btb—124 to 138 centimeters (48.8 to 54.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 20 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; 80 percent prominent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 5-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; - 100 - percent of the total horizon; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01687; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Bqm—138 to 158 centimeters (54.3 to 62.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very cobbly cemented material; massive; very hard, extremely firm, moderately coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; very high excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; - 100 - percent of the total horizon; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red. Lab sample # 10N01688; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small