IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pokegema
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966OR035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966OR035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966OR035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0836
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33895
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 42.1266800
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1719000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: about 35 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1287 feet north of E 1/4 corner section 1, about 440 feet northwest of small State Park on highway 66, about 12 miles west of Keno
  • Map Unit: 147C—Pokegema-Woodcock complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes, mlra 21
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR632—Jackson County Area, Oregon, Parts of Jackson and Klamath Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42122-B2—Surveyor Mountain, Oregon
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. S. Cahoon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic, frigid Humic Haploxerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pokegema (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 1 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/2017
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - POKEGEMA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mudflow deposits containing andesitic rocks and ash
  • Landscape: lava plateau
  • Landform: plateau
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: andesite at 133cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: J.S. Cahoon
  • 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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAGA3

    CEPR

    Carex garberi

    Ceanothus prostratus

    elk sedge

    prostrate ceanothus

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    133 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    andic soil properties

    mollic epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    1—133

    1—67

    1—133

    67—133

    133—

    —132—

    —66—

    —132—

    —66—

    —-

    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

    2

    1342

    762

    4.4

    12.8

    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06321; moist when described;. L and F layers, not sampled
    A1—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist; medial loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06322; moist when described;
    A2—6 to 21 centimeters (2.4 to 8.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; medial loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 8.0 coarse roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06323; moist when described;
    BA—21 to 41 centimeters (8.3 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; medial loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 8.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06324; moist when described;
    Bw1—41 to 67 centimeters (16.1 to 26.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly medial loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 8.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06325; moist when described;. estimated 25 percent by volume of weathered andesite pebbles; gravel layer at 60 to 67 cm, may be a stone line
    Bw2—67 to 97 centimeters (26.4 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly medial clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 8.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06326; moist when described;
    Bw3—97 to 133 centimeters (38.2 to 52.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly medial clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06327; moist when described;
    2R—133 to 158 centimeters (52.4 to 62.2 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06328; moist when described;. weathered andesite rock