IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Housefield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996OR025002
  • User Pedon ID: S1996OR025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0146
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68224
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.9411125
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8616638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SE, NE, NE
  • Location Description: One mile south of Benson Pond.
  • 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-H7—Krumbo Reservoir, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, frigid Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 - 10/31/1996
  • 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: 10/31/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    0

    15

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    1266

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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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Grasses.
    A—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; 15 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01255. Strong dilatency.
    Ba—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), gray (10YR 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01256. Strong dilatency.
    2Ba1—46 to 88 centimeters (18.1 to 34.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), gray (10YR 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; 30 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01257. Spongy peds, slight dilantency and smeariness.
    Ba2—88 to 160 centimeters (34.6 to 63.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; Error; 42 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01258. Spongy peds, slight dilatency and smeariness.