IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nevador
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: DCR-09-139
  • User Pedon ID: S09OR045013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: DCR-09-139
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0420
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40036
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.8591042
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5495377
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31 S.
  • Range: 42 E.
  • Section: 15
  • Map Unit: 102—Nevador ashy fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR045—Malheur
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR644—Malheur County, Oregon, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42117-G5—Scott Reservoir, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Rand
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic Xeric Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nevador
  • PSC - 24 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nevador
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic Xe
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or loess and/or alluvium
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent rounded indurated 2- to 5-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R025XY010OR LOAMY 8-11 PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/2009 (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

    AGCR

    ARTRT

    POSE

    Agropyron cristatum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Poa secunda

    crested wheatgrass

    basin big sagebrush

    Sandberg bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    durinodes

    0—24

    24—40

    40—160

    40—100

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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

    2

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 12 percent clay; moderate very thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 26.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01689; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 16 percent clay; strong thick platy structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01690; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy loam; 50 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01691; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate thick platy parts to moderate thin platy structure; hard, very firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01692; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkq1—40 to 57 centimeters (15.7 to 22.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; paragravelly fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 18 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 5-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented 5-10-75 millimeter durinodes fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01693; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkq2—57 to 100 centimeters (22.4 to 39.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very paragravelly fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 10 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented 5-10-75 millimeter durinodes fragments and 20 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented 5-10-75 millimeter durinodes fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01694; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkq3—100 to 128 centimeters (39.4 to 50.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; paragravelly loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 6 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 5-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented 5-10-75 millimeter durinodes fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01695; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk—128 to 160 centimeters (50.4 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sand; 90 percent sand; 2 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 10N01696; dry when described; observed in pit, small