IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Legler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR023006
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR023006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR023006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0260
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11119
  • 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: 44.5377769
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6352768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3/4 mile north of the junction of Hwys. 19 t 26
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Xeric Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Legler
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poall
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Xeric Paleargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1998
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1998 (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

    LECI4

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Leymus cinereus

    basin big sagebrush

    basin wildrye

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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

    5

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 18.0 very fine and 8.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01317
    2Bt—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots; 11.0 very fine and 4.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01318
    2Bk1—25 to 66 centimeters (9.8 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; carbonate coats throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01319. continuous - phpvsfiid 202728; continuous - phpvsfiid 202728
    2Bk2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine roots; 40.0 very fine pores; carbonate coats throughout; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01320. continuous - phpvsfiid 202729; continuous - phpvsfiid 202729
    2Bk3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; carbonate coats throughout; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. continuous - phpvsfiid 202730; continuous - phpvsfiid 202730