IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shanahan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972OR035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1972OR035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972OR035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43980
  • 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: 42.6486130
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8824997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34S
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 548 meters west and 214 meters north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1.6 km northwest of Collier State Park
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR640—Klamath County, Oregon, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Ness and J. Cahoon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, mixed, superactive Xeric Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shanahan
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SHANAHAN
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CAREX

    PURSH

    Carex

    Purshia

    sedge

    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

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    1280

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    500

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    5

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    6

    13

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-4 millimeter cinders fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00274; moist when described;
    AC1—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter cinders fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00275; moist when described;
    AC2—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellow (10YR 8/6), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter cinders fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00276; moist when described;
    C1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter cinders fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00277; moist when described;. about 40 percent of horizon consists of dark brown patches mixed from horizons above and below
    2C2—66 to 87 centimeters (26.0 to 34.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter cinders fragments and 15 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00278; moist when described;
    2C3—87 to 114 centimeters (34.3 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 15 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00279; moist when described;
    2C4—114 to 122 centimeters (44.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 70 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 72C00280; moist when described;