IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOODOO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960OR061005
  • User Pedon ID: S1960OR061005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960OR061005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5476
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42721
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 45.2830544
  • Std. Longitude: -117.9888916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1,00 feet east of southwest section corner, 250 feet north of center of road (on section line), SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR061—Union
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR625—Union County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Herriman, F. Carlisle, R. W. Mayko, and L. Juve
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOODOO
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ALOPE

    BRTE

    DISTI

    LEPID

    Alopecurus

    Bromus tectorum

    Distichlis

    Lepidium

    foxtail

    cheatgrass

    saltgrass

    pepperweed

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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

    1

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    823

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    356

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    8.9

    20

    -1.7

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 13 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41171
    AC—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 6 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41172. thin (less than 1 mm thick) black horizontal bands, probably dissolved organic matter, are spaced vertically about 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart; some plates in lower part also have the black colloidal coating on top side
    C1m—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 7 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, friable, weakly cemented by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41173. structure has clean horizontal partings about 1/2 inch apart; black bands as in horizon above, except slightly thicker and spaces 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches apart vertically
    C2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41174
    C3m—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 9 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, weakly cemented by silica, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41175. structure is also thick irregular plat-shaped; some pores stained with dissolved organic matter; few calcareous nodules 1/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter
    C4—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41176
    C5—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; 2 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41177
    C6m—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak medium platy, and massive; hard when dry, firm, weakly cemented by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41178. some brown streaks of material similar to horizon above in a few root channels; this horizon missing in some places
    C7—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41179. small spots up to 1 inch in size of material like below and like horizon C5
    2C8—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41180. common mica flakes