IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969OR029002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969OR029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43764
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 42.2675018
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0291672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: in SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: this site is located about 1.2 miles from the intersection of Forest Creek Road and State Route 238 and 90 feet east of Forest Creek Road. ,
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR029—Jackson
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR632—Jackson County Area, Oregon, Parts of Jackson and Klamath Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Herriman, and A. O. Ness
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Haplic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruch
  • PSC - 42 to 92 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RUCH
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: BAX4HH286
  • 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
    • 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

    15

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    579

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    270

    635

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    12.2

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    10.6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00983; moist when described;. 20 percent pebbles
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00984; moist when described;. 8 percent pebbles
    B1—18 to 42 centimeters (7.1 to 16.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00985; moist when described;. 8 percent pebbles
    B21T—42 to 66 centimeters (16.5 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent black stains and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00986; dry when described;. 8 percent pebbles
    B22T—66 to 92 centimeters (26.0 to 36.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent black stains and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00987; dry when described;. 5 percent pebbles
    B23T—92 to 116 centimeters (36.2 to 45.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent black stains and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00988; dry when described;. 5 percent pebbles
    B24T—116 to 144 centimeters (45.7 to 56.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00989; dry when described;. 8 percent pebbles
    B25T—144 to 178 centimeters (56.7 to 70.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00990; dry when described;. 8 percent pebbles