IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JOSEPHINE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969OR033002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969OR033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0199
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43772
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.2038879
  • Std. Longitude: -123.5572205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: this site was located about 3500 feet south and 1260 feet east of NW section corner
  • Location Description: this area is on McMullin Creek about 7 miles south of Selma
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR033—Josephine
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR033—Josephine County, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. O. Ness and R. C. Herriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Haploxerults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - JOSEPHINE
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - JOSEPHINE
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: EIF144251
  • 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

    48

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    732

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    0

    940

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    12.2

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    10.6

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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. litter from live oak, evergreen, huckleberry, and Douglas fir; not sampled
    A1—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C01047; moist when described;. 20 percent pebbles
    B11—14 to 42 centimeters (5.5 to 16.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01048; moist when described;. 12 percent pebbles
    B12—42 to 57 centimeters (16.5 to 22.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01049; dry when described;. 10 percent pebbles
    B21T—57 to 75 centimeters (22.4 to 29.5 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01050; dry when described;. 10 percent pebbles
    B22T—75 to 98 centimeters (29.5 to 38.6 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01051; dry when described;. 5 percent pebbles
    B23T—98 to 112 centimeters (38.6 to 44.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01052; dry when described;. 5 percent pebbles
    B3T—112 to 136 centimeters (44.1 to 53.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films and 10 percent black stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01053; dry when described;
    C—136 to 156 centimeters (53.5 to 61.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films and 30 percent black stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 69C01054; dry when described;. weathered and highly fractured bedrock; clay films in joints
    R—156 to 200 centimeters (61.4 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C01055; dry when described;