IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COTAY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR023005
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR023005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0544
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10225
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.6161118
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6705551
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SE, NW, NW
  • Location Description: UTM latitude: 49, 41, 52, N. UTM longitude: 3, 67, 51, E.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44118-E6—Dixie Meadows, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RO
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COTAY
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: metavolcanics
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1997 (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

    ABGR

    VAME

    Abies grandis

    Vaccinium membranaceum

    grand fir

    thinleaf 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

    40

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    1445

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    30

    81

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 97P03202. partially decomposing moss, twigs, needles and leaves.
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 97P03203. decomposing organic matter.
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), black (7.5YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P03204. common very fine irregular pores.
    Bw—7 to 25 centimeters (2.8 to 9.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03205
    2EBtb—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03206. common very fine irregular, few very fine tubular and fine irregular pores.
    2Btb1—38 to 68 centimeters (15.0 to 26.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P03207. many thick clay films on faces of peds and bridging; few very fine and fine irregular pores.
    2Btb2—68 to 101 centimeters (26.8 to 39.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very cobbly clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots throughout; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P03208. many moderately thick clay films on faces of peds and bridging.
    2R—101 to 126 centimeters (39.8 to 49.6 inches); fragments. metavolcanic rocks with serpentine influence.