IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DRINKWATER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR023003
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0257
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11116
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.5680542
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6241684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile SE 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-E5—Picture Gorge East, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DRINKWATER
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kiona
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Ha
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • 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: 10/7/1998 (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

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    basin big sagebrush

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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

    4

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; loam; strong very thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; 17.0 very fine and 7.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01306
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 12.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01307
    Bk1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 80.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01308. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200684; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200684
    Bk2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 40.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01309. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200685; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200685
    Bk3—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01310. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200686; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200686
    2Bk4—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200687
    2Bk5—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, dry; cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200688