IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UKIAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR023036
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR023036
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR023036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10517
  • 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: 44.4619446
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6630554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44118-D6—Prairie City, 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 #: 36
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UKIAH
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Vertic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    cheatgrass

    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

    5

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    1137

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; cobbly silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 18.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01431
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; cobbly clay; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; 95 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01432. continuous - phpvsfiid 201642; continuous - phpvsfiid 201642
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; cobbly clay; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 6.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 95 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01433. continuous - phpvsfiid 201643; continuous - phpvsfiid 201643
    Bt3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01434. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201644; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201644
    2C—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01435
    2Cr—86 centimeters (33.9 inches); fragments.