IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wisher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: JFD-09-093
  • User Pedon ID: S09ORO45017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: JFD-09-093
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0424
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40040
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.8631325
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3175430
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31 S.
  • Range: 44 E.
  • Section: 15
  • Map Unit: 136—Wisher ashy silt loam, 0 to 4 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-G3—Little Grassy Mountain, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Dorr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitritorrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wisher
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wisher
  • 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
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R025XY062OR SILTY SWALE 8-11 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

    BRTE

    CHVI8

    LECI4

    POSE

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    Leymus cinereus

    Poa secunda

    basin big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    yellow rabbitbrush

    basin wildrye

    Sandberg bluegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    53—190

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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

    1

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    1299

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; ashy silt loam; 22 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak very thick platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01718; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—7 to 30 centimeters (2.8 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy silt loam; 12 percent sand; 19 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 15.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01719; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy silt loam; 16 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to strong very fine granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01720; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—53 to 95 centimeters (20.9 to 37.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 22 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 12.0 very fine tubular pores; 80 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01721; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—95 to 135 centimeters (37.4 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 22 percent sand; 34 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 9.0 very fine tubular pores; 80 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01722; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—135 to 190 centimeters (53.1 to 74.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 29 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 12.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 80 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 80 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01723; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—190 to 205 centimeters (74.8 to 80.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 22 percent clay; strong very fine granular structure; soft, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 20.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red.; moist when described; observed in pit, small