IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geisel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73-FWG-03
  • User Pedon ID: S1973OR011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44086
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 43.3493881
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1806335
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet south and 350 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles southeast of Coos Bay, Oregon
  • Map Unit: 26C—Geisel silt loam, 2 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR011—Coos
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR011—Coos County, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43124-C2—Coos Bay, Oregon
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred W. Gelderman, R. James Kienzle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, isotic, isomesic Humic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Geisel
  • PSC - 28 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2009
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dement
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3HH-24
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    10

    84

    270

    1524

    11.1

    11.7

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00008; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00008; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00009; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—26 to 53 centimeters (10.2 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00010; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00011; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; 40 percent clay; structureless massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00012; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular weakly coherent cemented 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00013; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—127 to 193 centimeters (50.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay; structureless massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular weakly coherent cemented 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 73C00014; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket