IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Poujade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993OR025002
  • User Pedon ID: S1993OR025002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993OR025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0789
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66132
  • 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: 43.2759895
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6174240
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 33E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: About 1100 feet east and 200 feet south from the northwest corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR025—Harney
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR628—Harney County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43118-D5—Crane, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Thorson, M. Keller, and R. Burt
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poujade
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Xerollic Haplargids
  • PSC - 18 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1993
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: barrier flat
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRT

    BRTE

    CHVI8

    SAVE4

    SIHY

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Sitanion hystrix

    basin big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    yellow rabbitbrush

    greasewood

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—43

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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

    1

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    1232

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    229

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    8

    17

    -2

    9

    18

    0

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    37103

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05463
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05464
    Btn—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05465
    Bkz1—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05466. use of the "z" subscript based on salts wicked to face of pit
    Bkz2—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05467. use of the "z" subscript based on salts wicked to face of pit
    Bkz3—60 to 91 centimeters (23.6 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05468. use of the "z" subscript based on salts wicked to face of pit
    Bk—91 to 106 centimeters (35.8 to 41.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05469
    BCk—106 to 149 centimeters (41.7 to 58.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05470
    Ck—149 to 174 centimeters (58.7 to 68.5 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 93P05471