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:
10/31/2024
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