IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): YAKIMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069006
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11100
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.9294434
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4747238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: One mile north of Clarno Grange Hall along the eastern shore of the John Day River
  • 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: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Cumulic 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 #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - YAKIMA
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yakima
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed,
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    ARTR2

    Artemisia tridentata

    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
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    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 90.0 very fine and 8.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01245
    A2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01246
    A3—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01247
    A4—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01248
    2C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01249