IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sorf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974OR069001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974OR069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44928
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR069—Wheeler
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR677—Wheeler County 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sorf
  • PSC - 6 to 43 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
    • 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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    640

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    180

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00979
    2B21T—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly clay; 55 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00980
    2B22T—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; 60 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00981
    2B31CA—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00982
    2B32CA—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00983
    3C1CA—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00984
    4C2—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00985