IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Outerkirk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982OR025001
  • User Pedon ID: S1982OR025001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982OR025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51707
  • User Project ID: SSR012015001
  • Project Name: Soil Microbe Map Study
  • 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: 42.2613907
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6380539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SW, NW
  • Location Description: (300 feet N of trail).
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR025—Harney
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR628—Harney County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42118-C6—Fields, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RDK and MKK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durixerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Outerkirk
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mk 82-6
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Camborthid
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1982
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3-29B
  • 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

    ARTR

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    GRSP

    SAVE4

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Grayia spinosa

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Jack in the pulpit

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    spiny hopsage

    greasewood

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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

    2

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    1256

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    90

    178

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    8.3

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00073
    Bw—15 to 58 centimeters (5.9 to 22.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00074
    BCk—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads at top of horizon; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00075
    Ck—74 to 130 centimeters (29.1 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loamy sand; 4 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; carbonate threads; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; 4 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P00076