IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): STEARNS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013009
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955OR013009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0913
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33972
  • 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: 44.2833328
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8286133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, 100 feet southwest of gate and 1/4 corner
  • 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
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - STEARNS
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - STEARNS
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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

    CHRYS9

    DISTI

    LEPID

    Chrysothamnus

    Distichlis

    Lepidium

    rabbitbrush

    saltgrass

    pepperweed

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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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    831

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    229

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate very thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A06859. little pumice in surface and often weakly vesicular for the first inch
    A3—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06860
    B2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak columnar, and strong fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06861
    B21M—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay loam; massive, and weak thick platy, and moderate medium angular blocky; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A06862. the pan consists of two or more moderately cemented lens or layers with weakly cemented material in between
    B22M—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06863. water table at 44 inches
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06864. this horizon was water saturated at 44 inches; irrigated fields had received no water for approximately five months