IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEDFORD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983OR019006
  • User Pedon ID: S1983OR019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53856
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.0347214
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0955582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet east and 2330 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: South Myrtle Creek between Letlia and Louis Creek; north side.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR019—Douglas
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR649—Douglas County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.C. Terrell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEDFORD
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2-101-C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    3

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    320

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 84P00793
    BA—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 84P00794
    B1t—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; 47 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 84P00795
    B2t—43 to 94 centimeters (16.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; 47 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct organic stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 84P00796
    B3t—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; 47 percent clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 84P00797
    B4t—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 47 percent clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 84P00798
    BC—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 84P00799