IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BORAVALL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982OR025003
  • User Pedon ID: S1982OR025003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982OR025003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51709
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.3113899
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6066666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37S
  • Range: 33E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NE, SE
  • Location Description: 0.8 mile N of Line Road and 200 feet E 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-C5—Borax Lake, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CFL
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BORAVALL
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cl 82-68
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Haplaquept
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3-45A
  • 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

    DISP

    Distichlis spicata

    saltgrass

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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

    1

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    1237

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    178

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    8.3

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    A2—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00079
    B2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00080
    C—48 to 109 centimeters (18.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00081
    2Cg—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BC—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 1 percent yellow (10YR 8/8) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.