IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ayres
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955OR013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0918
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33977
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.1847229
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0113907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Prineville area.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR013—Crook
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR654—Prineville Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayres
  • PSC - 25 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AYRES
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ARTR2

    CHRYS9

    JUNIP

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    Juniperus

    big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    juniper

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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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    991

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    229

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; friable, slightly sticky; 1 percent by volume pumice fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06893. vesicular
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam, cobbly loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06894
    A3—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06895
    B1—20 to 24 centimeters (7.9 to 9.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06896
    B2—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; cobbly clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06897. patchy - phpvsfiid 190157; patchy - phpvsfiid 190157
    B2m—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3); massive; extremely hard, indurated; 75 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06898. hardpan contains numerous subangular pebbles, cobbles, and channery fragments; numerous brown lens of silica having a dense glazed, opalized appearance; cementing agents are iron, silica, and lime; lime is found on undersides of channery fragments in pan