IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TAMARACKCANYON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992OR063018
  • User Pedon ID: S1992OR063018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992OR063018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0717
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64956
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 45.5569458
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5766678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 42E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet W and 500 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR063—Wallowa
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR670—Wallowa County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TAMARACKCANYON
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamarackcanyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, frigid Vitrandi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1992
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    LARIX

    PISE

    Larix

    Pinus serotina

    larch

    pond pine

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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

    35

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    1279

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    315

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments.
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04364
    Bw—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04365
    2Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; very stony clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5.0 very fine pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; stony clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bt3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.
    R—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); fragments. Basalt bedrock