IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hurwal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964OR063007
  • User Pedon ID: S1964OR063007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0830
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33889
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 45.5722237
  • Std. Longitude: -117.4680557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 43E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet west and 1500 feet south of the section corner, SW 1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 3 miles east of Wallowa on the Leap 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: R. W. Mayko and R. C. Herriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hurwal
  • PSC - 43 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HURWAL
  • 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: DVC-2M-28
  • 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

    18

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    1061

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    0

    432

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    6.7

    15.6

    -2.8

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06288; moist when described;
    A3—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06289; moist when described;. about 50 percent of the volume consists of krotovinas
    B1T—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06290; moist when described;. about 50 percent of the volume consists of krotovinas
    B2T—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06291; moist when described;. very few clean, bleached coarse silt and very fine sand coatings on prisms; about 25 percent of the volume consists of krotovinas
    B3CA—114 to 178 centimeters (44.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A06292; moist when described;. many light gray lime segregations
    C1—178 to 249 centimeters (70.1 to 98.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A06293; moist when described;. weakly calcareous; this horizon dug with orchard auger; the sample was collected from 84 to 98 inches