IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WYEAST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961OR027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961OR027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961OR027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0849
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33908
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 45.6488876
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5550003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4; 60 feet south of fence between pasture and orchard, 255 feet west of center of macadam road
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR027—Hood River
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR629—Hood River County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Grant, G. Green, R. W. Mayko, G. Simonson, and P. R. Smith
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WYEAST
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: HR 11-22
  • 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

    ELRE4

    HOLCU

    Elymus repens

    Holcus

    quackgrass

    velvetgrass

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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
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    213

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    AP—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06415. 1 to 3 oxide concretions
    A3—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 17 percent clay; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06416. 1 to 3 oxide concretions
    B11—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 17 percent clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent silt coats; 1 percent manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06417. dark, 1 to 4 mm. stains
    B12—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 23 percent clay; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06418. no clay films in pores or on peds; 1 to 4 mm. stains
    2B2tb—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A06419. few mica flakes; many root channels and prism faces gray coated
    2B31b—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 23 percent clay; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06420. common mica flakes; some prism faces gray coated; slightly brittle; some prism faces with concentrations of fine roots
    2B32xb—147 to 198 centimeters (57.9 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak thick platy structure; hard when dry, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06421. some mica flakes; structure with the upper 2 to 3 inches of the prisms breaking