IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MORNINGSTAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985OR001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1985OR001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56040
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 44.6062431
  • Std. Longitude: -118.2191010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: located in the SW1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR001—Baker
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR604—Baker County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, acid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MORNINGSTAR
  • PSC - 38 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elksel
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, frigid Ultic Ar
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and residuum from argillite, rhyolite and breccias
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (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

    35

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    1398

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    180

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); muck; fragments.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01558
    Ba—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01559
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01560
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01561
    Cr—84 to 3 centimeters (33.1 to 1.2 inches); fragments.