IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GOOSEROCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11114
  • 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: 44.5808334
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6413879
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/4 mile north of Goose Rock
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR627—Grant County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44119-E6—Picture Gorge West, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Vitritorrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GOOSEROCK
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gooserock
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Vitritorrandic Haplox
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1998 (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

    ARTRT

    JUNIP

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Juniperus

    basin big sagebrush

    juniper

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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

    71

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    677

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 18.0 very fine and 8.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01298
    A2—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; very cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 11.0 very fine and 4.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01299
    Bw—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 50.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 99P01300
    2Bk1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, dry; very stony clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30.0 very fine roots; 30.0 very fine pores; fine threadlike carbonate threads between peds and medium cylindrical carbonate masses in cracks; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01301
    2Bk2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; fine threadlike carbonate threads between peds and medium cylindrical carbonate masses in cracks; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog.