IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ZUMWALT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964OR063005
  • User Pedon ID: S1964OR063005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0835
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33894
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 45.6199989
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9755554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 47E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 990 feet north and 1020 feet east of section corner, SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 3/4 mile south of village of Zumwalt on Zumwalt road.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR063—Wallowa
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR670—Wallowa County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. G. Lindsay and R. C. Herriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ZUMWALT
  • PSC - 25 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ZUMWALT
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DVC7M-188
  • 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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    1393

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    406

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    6.1

    15.6

    -3.3

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06314; dry when described;
    A2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06315; dry when described;
    2B21T—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06316; moist when described;. common slickensides; continuous - phpvsfiid 189768; continuous - phpvsfiid 189768
    2B22T—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06317; moist when described;. common slickensides; continuous - phpvsfiid 189769; continuous - phpvsfiid 189769
    2B3TCA—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06318; moist when described;. few slickensides; calcareous pale brown nodules; continuous - phpvsfiid 189770; continuous - phpvsfiid 189770
    2C—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06319; moist when described;
    3R—94 to 100 centimeters (37.0 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06320; moist when described;. basalt bedrock; not sampled