IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHESNIMNUS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964OR063010
  • User Pedon ID: S1964OR063010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0826
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33885
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • 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: 45.4105568
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2022247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, about 1500 feet east and 150 feet south of section corner
  • Location Description: About 5 miles northeast of Joseph on the Crow Creek 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-loamy, mixed, frigid Calcic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHESNIMNUS
  • PSC - 18 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHESNIMNUS
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DVC-3M-82
  • 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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    1222

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    330

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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 grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate thin platy, and weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06261; moist when described;
    B2T—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 70 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06262; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189762; continuous - phpvsfiid 189762
    B3CA—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06263; moist when described;. occasional pebbles; common light gray lime segregations 2 to 15 mm in diameter
    C1CA—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06264; moist when described;. weakly laminated; occasional pebbles
    C2CA—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06265; moist when described;. occasional pebbles
    2C3—122 to 122 centimeters (48.0 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A06266; moist when described;. this horizon is gravelly; not sampled