IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROYST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR035004
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR035004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0146
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10418
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 42.2095985
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0049820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 14 1/2E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet N and 3100 feet E of the S.W. corner
  • Location Description: Long Branch creek, N.E. of Gerber Res. Klamath Falls RA.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ROYST
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: h moderate weathered basalt with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1997 (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

    FRAGA

    JUNIP

    RIBES

    Arctostaphylos

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Festuca idahoensis

    Fragaria

    Juniperus

    Ribes

    manzanita

    prostrate ceanothus

    Idaho fescue

    strawberry

    juniper

    currant

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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

    1

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    1597

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    45

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P00904. Needle Litter.
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog.
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; cobbly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00904
    Bt—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; extremely stony clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.
    CR—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.
    R—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); fragments.