IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lapine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972OR035009
  • User Pedon ID: S1972OR035009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972OR035009
  • User Site Association ID: OR683 point data
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43977
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 42.6983337
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9505539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33S
  • Range: 7 1/2E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 351 meters east and 915 meters north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: on north slope of Sugar Hill
  • 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-pumiceous Xeric Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lapine
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LAPINE
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7AA-82
  • 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

    ARCTO3

    PIMA

    PURSH

    SANI

    Arctostaphylos

    Picea mariana

    Purshia

    Salix nigra

    manzanita

    black spruce

    bitterbrush

    black willow

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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

    41

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    1420

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    750

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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) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 25 percent by volume cinders fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00255; moist when described;. cinders are dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4)
    AC1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 35 percent by volume cinders fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00256; moist when described;. cinders are yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)
    AC2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly coarse sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 55 percent by volume cinders fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00257; moist when described;
    C1—41 to 102 centimeters (16.1 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 85 percent by volume cinders fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00258; moist when described;
    C2—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 55 percent by volume cinders fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00259; moist when described;. many very fine black mineral grains
    C3—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 55 percent by volume cinders fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00260; moist when described;
    2BB—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 72C00261; moist when described;