IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Prineville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR013017
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR013017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955OR013017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33962
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.3666649
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9219437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 100 yards north of stockyard in SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Prineville area.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR013—Crook
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR618—Crook County 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 #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Prineville
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PRINEVILLE
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    JUNIP

    Artemisia tridentata

    Juniperus

    big sagebrush

    juniper

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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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    897

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    229

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06798. slight content of fine and medium sand size of pumice; scattered subangular reddish and light colored rhyolitic or tuff pebbles; undisturbed top inch may be vesicular and the next 2 or 3 inches fine platy
    A3—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; loose, friable, nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06799. pumice as in A1
    B1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky; pumice fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06800
    B2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; carbonate nodules; pumice fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A06801
    B2CAM—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine platy, and moderate thick platy structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06802. fragipan; little pumice; occasional thin white lens of cemented lime
    CCA—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06803. contains medium platy firm lens of lime; grades into partly consolidated pumiceous sandstone