IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sorf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974OR065002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974OR065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974OR065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0165
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44926
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • 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, smectitic, mesic Xerollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sorf
  • PSC - 15 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SORF
  • 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

    5

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    640

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00965
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00966
    2B21T—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00967
    2B22T—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00968
    2B3CA—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00969
    2C1CA—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00970
    3C2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00971
    4C3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00972