IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SIMAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974OR065001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974OR065001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974OR065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44925
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.9217758
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5222244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 3 miles west of Clarno.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR065—Wasco
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR666—Trout Creek - Shaniko Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SIMAS
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SIMAS
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

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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

    10

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    701

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    180

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00958
    2B21T—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; 17 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00959
    2B22T—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; 55 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00960
    2B23T—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 55 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00961
    2B31T—48 to 59 centimeters (18.9 to 23.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 55 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00962
    2B32CA—59 to 71 centimeters (23.2 to 28.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00963
    2B33CA—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00964