IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caterl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10346
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 44.2844429
  • Std. Longitude: -123.5991669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: about 100 feet north and 1800 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR003—Benton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR003—Benton County, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. H. Fillmore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Andic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Caterl
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caterl
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, ferrihydritic, frigid Alic Fulvud
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ALRU2

    POMU

    PSME

    TSHE

    VAPA

    Alnus rubra

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    red alder

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

    red huckleberry

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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

    45

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    768

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    346

    292

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Partially decomposed needles, leaves, twigs, woody materials and moss.
    A—3 to 33 centimeters (1.2 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00490. 10 percent (2 to 5mm) concretions; NaF (pH 9.5). The A horizon has value of 2 or 3 moist, 4 or 5 dry and chroma of 2 or 3 moist and 3 dry. It is gravelly loam, gravelly silt loam, or very cobbly loam with 12 to 18 percent clay. It has 15 to 30 percent gravel, 0 to 25 percent cobbles, and 10 to 20 percent concentrations or nodules. Soil reaction is extremely acid or very strongly acid. In some pedons, A2 and A3 horizons are present. It is gravelly loam, gravelly silt loam, or very gravely loam with 15 to 45 percent gravel, 0 to 10 percent cobbles, and 10 to 20 percent concretions or nodules.
    BA—33 to 54 centimeters (13.0 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00491. 10 percent (2 to 5mm) concretions; NaF (pH 9.5).
    Bw1—54 to 77 centimeters (21.3 to 30.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00492. 15 percent (2 to 5mm) concretions; NaF (pH 9.0). The Bw horizon has value of 3 to 5 moist, 4 to 6 dry and chroma of 2 to 4 moist and 4 to 6 dry. It is loam or clay loam with 18 to 30 percent clay. It has 15 to 50 percent gravel, 0 to 30 percent cobbles, and 10 to 30 percent concretions or nodules. Soil reaction is extremely acid through moderately acid.
    Bw2—77 to 94 centimeters (30.3 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; extremely cobbly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P00493. 15 percent (2 to 5mm) concretions; NaF (pH 9.0). The Bw horizon has value of 3 to 5 moist, 4 to 6 dry and chroma of 2 to 4 moist and 4 to 6 dry. It is loam or clay loam with 18 to 30 percent clay. It has 15 to 50 percent gravel, 0 to 30 percent cobbles, and 10 to 30 percent concretions or nodules. Soil reaction is extremely acid through moderately acid.
    C—94 to 155 centimeters (37.0 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; extremely cobbly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00494. 20 percent (2 to 5mm) concretions; NaF (pH 9.0). The C horizon or BC horizon, when present, has value of 4 or 5 moist, 4 to 6 dry and chroma of 4 to 6 moist and dry. It is extremely cobbly clay loam, extremely cobbly loam or extremely gravelly loam with 12 to 30 percent clay. It has 30 to 40 percent gravel, 10 to 50 percent cobbles, 0 to 10 percent stones, and 20 to 30 percent concretions or nodules.
    R—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); fragments. Gabbro (coarse grained intrusive igneous rocks) and sandstone.