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: 11/24/2024

    • 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