IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROYST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR035003
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR035003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10417
  • 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: 42.2220955
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0210953
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 14 1/2E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet S, 850 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: N.E. of Gerber Res. near Forest Service boundary at Long Branch Creek.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ROYST
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: plateau
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h moderate weathered basalt with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1997 (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

    ARCTO3

    CEPR

    FEID

    Arctostaphylos

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Festuca idahoensis

    manzanita

    prostrate ceanothus

    Idaho fescue

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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

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    1634

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    158

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00901
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00902
    BT—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very cobbly clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00903
    CR—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary.
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments.