IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stearns
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013010
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0912
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33971
  • 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: 44.2500000
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8625031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, 20 yards west of Highway 27, and 100 yards north
  • 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 Natric Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stearns
  • PSC - 0 to 13 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
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06852. weakly vesicular
    A3—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium platy, and moderate thin platy, and weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06853. visible segregated lime and saline-alkali salts
    B2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium prismatic, and weak columnar, and strong fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06854. continuous - phpvsfiid 197947; continuous - phpvsfiid 197947
    B2m—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06855. this horizon might be a B3, roots restricted on top of pan but few root channels penetrated and have silt and lime linings
    B3M—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; massive, and weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06856. pin hole pores
    C1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06857
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam, fine sandy loam; soft, very friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06858