IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crooked
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013011
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955OR013011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33970
  • Print Date: 11/28/2024

    • 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: 44.2963905
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8330536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet east and 800 feet north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Prineville area. NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • 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 Xerollic Durorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crooked
  • PSC - 0 to 13 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CROOKED
  • 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

    DISTI

    LECO12

    Distichlis

    Leymus condensatus

    saltgrass

    giant wildrye

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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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    889

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    229

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; fine platy, and medium platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; vesicular pores; salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06846. moderately high in pumice or rock fragment
    A3—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21 percent by volume pumice fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06847
    B21CAM—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and weak red (2.5YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; thick platy structure; hard when dry, very firm, strongly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; salt masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06848. top 2 to 10 millimeter of the pan is harder; root mat on surface and pan; visible segregated lime accumulations, contains saline-alkali salts
    B22CAM—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; thick platy structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume pumice fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06849. numerous lens of segregated calcium carbonate
    C1—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06850. water table at 48 inches
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam, fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06851