IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEDFORD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959OR029002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959OR029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0940
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33999
  • 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: 42.2441673
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8005524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: nine miles west of Talent intersection west of Highway US 99, 200 feet north of southeast corner of Highcroft Orchards
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR029—Jackson
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR632—Jackson County Area, Oregon, Parts of Jackson and Klamath Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clyde C. Bowlsby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEDFORD
  • PSC - 9 to 29 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEDFORD
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (N 2/0), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07061. common fine water-rounded sedimentary gravel
    A3—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (N 2/0), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07062. common fine water-rounded sedimentary gravel
    B1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (N 2/0), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07063. common fine water-rounded sedimentary gravel; patchy - phpvsfiid 197854; patchy - phpvsfiid 197854
    B21—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07064. few fine water-rounded gravel; patchy - phpvsfiid 197855; patchy - phpvsfiid 197856; patchy - phpvsfiid 197855; patchy - phpvsfiid 197856
    B22—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; 3 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07065. few fine and medium gravel; patchy - phpvsfiid 197857; patchy - phpvsfiid 197857
    B3—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) fine prominent and 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07066. 15 percent coarse water-rounded gravel; patchy - phpvsfiid 197858; patchy - phpvsfiid 197858
    C—147 to 218 centimeters (57.9 to 85.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay; 1 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 medium pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07067. about 25 percent water-worn gravel