IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melhorn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995OR001009
  • User Pedon ID: S1995OR001009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67913
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.9627762
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0697250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 15
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR001—Baker
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR604—Baker County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44117-H1—Halfway, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BB
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melhorn
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1995
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16380141
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    34

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    1109

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    320

    750

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P05889. Needles & Twigs
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 95P05890. Needles & Twigs
    A1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P05891
    A2—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P05892
    Bt1—53 to 75 centimeters (20.9 to 29.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 fine and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05893
    Bt2—75 to 115 centimeters (29.5 to 45.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P05894
    Bt3—115 to 178 centimeters (45.3 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P05895
    Bt4—178 to 189 centimeters (70.1 to 74.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P05896