IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limberjim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994OR061004
  • User Pedon ID: S1994OR061004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0795
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66968
  • Print Date: 4/16/2025

    • 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: 45.3525009
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4080582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR061—Union
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR625—Union County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Ottersberg, A. Kreger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limberjim
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Lithic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    157

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    40

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); 21.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06262. 1 cm gray ash occurs sporadically between Oi & A (Mt. St Helens 1980)
    A—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06263. 1 cm gray ash occurs sporadically between Oi & A (Mt. St Helens 1980)
    Bw1—12 to 39 centimeters (4.7 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06264
    Bw2—39 to 52 centimeters (15.4 to 20.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06265. few charcoal fragments few oxidation pockets
    2Eb—52 to 68 centimeters (20.5 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; 65 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06266
    2Btb—68 to 108 centimeters (26.8 to 42.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots top of horizon and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium continuous tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine continuous tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and faint clay films throughout; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06267
    2R—108 to 112 centimeters (42.5 to 44.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 94P06268