IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoweth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957OR065002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957OR065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957OR065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0875
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33934
  • 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: 45.5877762
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2311096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NE of SE of NE
  • Location Description: Northern Wasco SCD. 0.7 mile up J.J. Foster farm road from Mill Creek Road. About 2 miles southwest of city limits of the The Dalles, Oregon.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR065—Wasco
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR673—Wasco County, Oregon, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.W. Mayko and Stanley B. McCaleb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoweth
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoweth
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    KOMA

    POSE

    QUBE5

    Koeleria macrantha

    Poa secunda

    Quercus berberidifolia

    prairie Junegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    scrub oak

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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

    15

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    235

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    180

    356

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    11.7

    22.8

    0.6

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    A1p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak and moderate thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06613
    AB—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam, loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06614
    B21—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam, very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06615
    B22—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam, very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06616
    B3—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06617
    C11—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06618
    C12—163 to 224 centimeters (64.2 to 88.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06619
    C13—224 to 259 centimeters (88.2 to 102.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06620