IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BALDER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR023009
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR023009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR023009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0219
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10490
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 44.4522209
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8272247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44118-D7—Castle Creek, 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 #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BALDER
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed Typic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s slight weathered tuff, acidic
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTEM

    CHRYS9

    Artemisia

    Chrysothamnus

    sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

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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

    2

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    1091

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01337
    Bw—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01338
    2CR—41 centimeters (16.1 inches); tuff, acidic fragments.