IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crooked
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013012
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955OR013012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33969
  • 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: 44.2249985
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8947220
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 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: 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 #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crooked
  • PSC - 25 to 61 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

    ERTE18

    Distichlis

    Ericameria teretifolia

    saltgrass

    green rabbitbrush

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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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    869

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21 percent by volume pumice fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A06841. pumice of medium and fine sand size
    A3—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21 percent by volume pumice fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A06842
    B21M—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; very hard, strongly coherent, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume pumice fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A06843. numerous hard lime lens; the top 2 inches harder; root mat on top of pan; permanently wet
    B22CSM—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive, and coarse platy; hard when dry, firm, moderately coherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 21.0 pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06844. pan has pinhole pores; permanently wet; compact
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam, clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06845