IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kilowan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR003005
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR003005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11038
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.4586105
  • Std. Longitude: -123.4983368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: about 750 feet W and 150 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR003—Benton
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR003—Benton County, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44123-D4—Flat Mountain, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matthew Fillmore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: forestry data site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kilowan
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kilowan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, isotic, mesic Umbric Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: s moderate weathered sandstone, unspecified with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/8/1998 (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

    BENE2

    GASH

    POMU

    PSME

    TSHE

    VAPA

    VIOLA

    XETE

    Berberis nervosa

    Gaultheria shallon

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    Viola

    Xerophyllum tenax

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    salal

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

    red huckleberry

    violet

    common beargrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    ochric epipedon

    paralithic contact

    cambic horizon

    0—4

    0—13

    0—34

    13—34

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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

    30

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    475

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    218

    81

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Litter Layer
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 21 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions throughout; noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 10 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00917; dry when described;. moderately smeary
    BA—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity and 1.0 coarse low-continuity pores; 3 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) iron-manganese concretions throughout; noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (5YR 6/6); 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00918; moist when described;. weakly smeary
    Bw1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity and 2.0 medium low-continuity and 1.0 coarse low-continuity pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00919; moist when described;
    Bw2—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine to coarse low-continuity pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00920; moist when described;
    Cr—91 to 91 centimeters (35.8 to 35.8 inches); fragments. weathered, partially fractured sandstone