IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Searles
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1955OR013007
User Pedon ID:
S1955OR013007
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1955OR013007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A0915
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
33974
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:
44.2158318
Std. Longitude:
-120.9108353
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
16S
Range:
15E
Section:
3
PLSS Details:
SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 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:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argixerolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
7
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Searles
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/27/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
ELMORE
Classificaton Date -
4/1/1955
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
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 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
other tree cover
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
ARTEM
BRTE
JUNIP
Artemisia
Bromus tectorum
Juniperus
sagebrush
cheatgrass
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
30
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1195
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305
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R—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); igneous, acid fragments. Lab sample # 40A06879. gray, white, pink, and reddish banded rhyolite
A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very stony loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06872
A3—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A06873
B1—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent by volume igneous, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06874
B2—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 50 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06875
B3—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06876. lime occurs on underside of channery fragments
C—63 to 102 centimeters (24.8 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very channery clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06877. lime on underside of rock fragments
Cm—102 to 106 centimeters (40.2 to 41.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3); massive; strongly coherent; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06878. coarse platy hardpan composed of lime and silica; pan rests abruptly on bedrock