IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Housefield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996OR025001
  • User Pedon ID: S1996OR025001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996OR025001
  • User Site Association ID: 8900
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - TLC
  • Transect Stop Number - 95
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68223
  • 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: 42.8699989
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8444443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 32E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: SW NE SW 4
  • Location Description: 2 miles SE of Knox Pond on Malbeur Refuge.
  • 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: 42118-G7—Page Springs, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, frigid Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Housefield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jimgreen Overwash
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1996 (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

    CANA2

    CANE2

    JUBA

    Carex nardina

    Carex nebrascensis

    Juncus balticus

    spike sedge

    Nebraska sedge

    Baltic rush

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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

    0

    30

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    1271

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    254

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    7

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Extreme dilatency and spongy texture.
    A—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), brown (10YR 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    Ba1—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; 30 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01249. Dilatency, spongy texture, smeariness.
    2Ba1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; 16 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 96P01250. Dilatency, spongy texture, smeariness.
    2Ba2—69 to 74 centimeters (27.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; Error; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 96P01251
    2Ba3—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01252. Dilatency, spongy texture, smeariness.
    2Ba4—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; 32 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01253
    2Ba4—117 to 160 centimeters (46.1 to 63.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; 25 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01254