IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Searles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955OR013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0914
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33973
  • 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: 44.2861099
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9272232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Prineville area. , 3/8 mile northeast of sample S55Oreg-7-6
  • 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Searles
  • PSC - 23 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • 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

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1955 (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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    JUNIP

    POSE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Juniperus

    Poa secunda

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    juniper

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

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    1237

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    305

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; fine granular, and weak thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06865. reddish and gray rhyolite
    A3—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly silty clay loam; weak thick platy, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06866. fragments occupy 20 percent of horizon
    B1—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06867. fragments occupy 20-30 percent of horizon
    B21—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 35 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06868. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190150; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190150
    B22—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly silty clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky, and weak prismatic structure; hard when dry, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 70 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06869. continuous - phpvsfiid 190151; continuous - phpvsfiid 190151
    B3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06870. lime and silica occurring on undersides of larger fragments; fragments occupy 85 percent of horizon
    C/CCA—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silty clay loam; massive; 90 percent by volume igneous, acid fragments. Lab sample # 40A06871. gravels tend to be limy