IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hall Ranch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960OR061006
  • User Pedon ID: S1960OR061006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5477
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42722
  • 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: 45.1591682
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7361145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2,200 feet north of state Highway 203 along road near Catherine Creek State Park, along west branch of forest road, 180 feet east of forest road. 560 feet south of gate
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR061—Union
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR625—Union County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lindsay, F. Carlisle, R. W. Mayko, and L. Juve
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hall Ranch
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HALL RANCH
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    37

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    1067

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    105

    457

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    7.8

    18.3

    -2.8

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41181. structure has tendency toward medium plates
    A12—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41182. about 15 percent andesitic fragments over 3/4 inch diameter; about 10 percent fragments over 3 inch diameter
    B21—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41183. identification questionable of few thin clay films; about 15 percent andesitic fragments over 3/4 inch diameter
    B22—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41184. identification questionable of few thin clay films; about 15 percent andesitic fragments over 3/4 inch diameter; about 10 percent fragments over 3 inch diameter; stones are approximately flat and lying horizontally as plates; few small soft areas filled with darker soil from horizons
    B3&R—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very stony loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41185. about 80 percent andesite fragments over 3/4 inch diameter; soil material consists of thin layers between andesitic fragments; platy andesite easily cut with a knife