IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Alvodest
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1982OR025007
User Pedon ID:
S1982OR025007
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1982OR025007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
83P0021
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51713
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:
42.2611122
Std. Longitude:
-118.6088867
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
38S
Range:
35E
Section:
21
PLSS Details:
SW, NE
Location Description:
450 feet W of intermittent stream which feeds into Trout Creek and 230 feet N of trail (approximately 2.6 miles E of Fields Air Strip).
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:
RDK and MKK
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Natric Camborthids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
7
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Alvodest
Classificaton Date -
7/23/2007
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Rk 82-1
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Camborthid
Classificaton Date -
3/24/1982
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Moisture SUBClass -
aquic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
lacustrine deposits
Landscape:
plains
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/24/1982 (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
SAVE4
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
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
1
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1242
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90
178
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8.3
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An1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 45 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and 21.0 very fine to medium vesicular and 0.5 coarse vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00090
An2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and 21.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00090
Bwn1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00091. did not see any silt grains on prisms
Bwn2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00091. did not see any silt grains on prisms
Bwn3—53 to 107 centimeters (20.9 to 42.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; pressure faces on faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00092. did not see any silt grains on prisms
BC2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00093. did not see any silt grains on prisms
Czn—135 to 198 centimeters (53.1 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog. profile is calcareous throughout