IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tamarackcanyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992OR063019
  • User Pedon ID: S1992OR063019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992OR063019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0718
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64957
  • 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: 45.5099983
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5508347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 42E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet W and 2000 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 4mi. S. of the town of Wallowa;
  • 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, smectitic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamarackcanyon
  • PSC - 0 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Threebuck
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial over clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, fri
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1992
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1992 (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

    FRAGA

    LAOC

    PHYSO

    RIBES

    Fragaria

    Larix occidentalis

    Physocarpus

    Ribes

    strawberry

    western larch

    ninebark

    currant

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    anthropic epipedon

    36—119

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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

    41

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    1085

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    300

    610

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    6.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04366
    Bw—13 to 39 centimeters (5.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04367
    2Bt1—39 to 67 centimeters (15.4 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; very stony clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2Bt2—67 to 94 centimeters (26.4 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bt3—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Combined thickness of the 2Bt horizons is 17 to 49"""". There is 5% soft gravel (2 to 5mm).; continuous - phpvsfiid 173623; continuous - phpvsfiid 173623