IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kilchis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR003009
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR003009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR003009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0183
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11042
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.4483337
  • Std. Longitude: -123.5911102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: about 400 feet N and 1320 feet E of SW 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-D5—Alsea, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matthew Fillmore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Humic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kilchis
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kilchis
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Humic Lithic Dystrud
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered basalt with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/9/1998 (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

    ACMA3

    BENE2

    GASH

    HODI

    MANEN

    POMU

    PSME

    RUUR

    TSHE

    Acer macrophyllum

    Berberis nervosa

    Gaultheria shallon

    Holodiscus discolor

    Mahonia nervosa var. nervosa

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Rubus ursinus

    Tsuga heterophylla

    bigleaf maple

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    salal

    oceanspray

    cascade Oregongrape

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    California blackberry

    western hemlock

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

    umbric epipedon

    lithic contact

    cambic horizon

    0—7

    0—13

    7—13

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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

    65

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    396

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    215

    115

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Litter layer
    A—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, dry; very cobbly loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 2.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and 1.0 coarse low-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00934; moist when described;. moderately smeary
    Bw—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 2.0 very fine to medium low-continuity tubular and 1.0 coarse low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00935; moist when described;. weakly smeary
    C—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 2.0 fine and medium low-continuity tubular and 1.0 coarse low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00936; moist when described;. weakly smeary
    R—49 to 74 centimeters (19.3 to 29.1 inches); fragments. highly fractured, slightly weathered basalt