IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cherryhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957OR065003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957OR065003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957OR065003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0876
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33935
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.5691681
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2086105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: Center
  • Location Description: 1000 feet off gravel Skyline road summit, 100 feet south of dirt road. About 2 1/2 miles south of The Dalles city limits. Northern Wasco SCD.
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherryhill
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherryhill
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • 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

    BASA3

    QUBE5

    Balsamorhiza sagittata

    Quercus berberidifolia

    arrowleaf balsamroot

    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

    3

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    399

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    0

    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); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06621
    A12—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06622
    B11—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06623
    B12—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06624
    B21—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06625
    B22—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06626
    CDr—104 centimeters (40.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06627