IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMITY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959OR043005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959OR043005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0934
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33993
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 44.6077766
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0322189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4
  • Location Description: about 2 miles southeast of Albany, Linn County, Oregon.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR043—Linn
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR639—Linn County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clyde C. Bowlsby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, montmorillonitic, mesic Argiaquic Xeric Argialbolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AMITY
  • PSC - 61 to 112 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AMITY
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1959 (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
    • 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

    1

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    69

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    1143

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    11.7

    19.4

    4.4

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07014
    A12—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07015
    A21—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07016
    A22—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07017
    B21G—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07018. 50 percent of aggregates are coated with fine gray (10YR 5/1) silt particles; patchy - phpvsfiid 189958; patchy - phpvsfiid 189958
    B22G—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 75 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07019. patchy - phpvsfiid 189959; patchy - phpvsfiid 189959
    B3G—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07020. patchy - phpvsfiid 189960; patchy - phpvsfiid 189960
    CG—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07021