IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALDING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR023008
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR023008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR023008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0218
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10489
  • 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: 44.3733330
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8155594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44118-C7—Pine Creek Mountain, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ALDING
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: mixed-igneous and metamorphic
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    FEID

    JUNIP

    Festuca idahoensis

    Juniperus

    Idaho fescue

    juniper

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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

    26

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    1439

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    315

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 22.0 very fine interstitial and 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01334
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; gravelly clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 95 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01335. continuous - phpvsfiid 202989; continuous - phpvsfiid 202989
    Bt2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; gravelly clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; 95 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01336. continuous - phpvsfiid 202990; continuous - phpvsfiid 202990
    R—48 centimeters (18.9 inches); fragments.