IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COOPEROPOLIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069003
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11097
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 44.9163895
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4505539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: One mile west of Camp Hancock
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR069—Wheeler
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR677—Wheeler County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44120-H4—Clarno, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Lithic Argixerolls
  • 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 - COOPEROPOLIS
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yrtneg
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1998 (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

    FEID

    Festuca idahoensis

    Idaho fescue

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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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    1560

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 12.0 very fine tubular and 9.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01237
    Bt—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 50.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 50.0 very fine tubular and 7.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01238. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202770; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202770
    CK—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202771
    R—36 centimeters (14.2 inches); fragments.