IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LORELLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966OR035010
  • User Pedon ID: S1966OR035010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966OR035010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0845
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33904
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 42.3292885
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3988724
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2730 feet east and 1200 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: along Lakeview highway near Bly Mountain
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR640—Klamath County, Oregon, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. S. Cahoon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Lithic 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 - LORELLA
  • PSC - 10 to 19 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LORELLA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6AA-26
  • 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

    ARTR2

    JUNIP

    POSE

    PURSH

    Artemisia tridentata

    Juniperus

    Poa secunda

    Purshia

    big sagebrush

    juniper

    Sandberg bluegrass

    bitterbrush

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    13

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    1457

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    225

    406

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    11.1

    20

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very stony loam; weak thin platy, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06389; dry when described;. about 40 percent by volume of coarse fragments larger than 3/4 inch
    0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06394; moist when described;
    A3—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stony loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06390; dry when described;. about 30 percent by volume of coarse fragments larger than 3/4 inch
    B1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; stony clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06391; moist when described;. about 35 percent by volume of coarse fragments larger than 3/4 inch
    B2T—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stony clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06392; moist when described;. many pressure faces and slickensides; about 35 percent by volume of coarse fragments larger than 3/4 inch with silica deposits on underside; patchy - phpvsfiid 190197; patchy - phpvsfiid 190197
    R—48 to 53 centimeters (18.9 to 20.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06393; moist when described;. hard fractured tuff; moderately thick clay films on some fracture surfaces; not sampled