IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HAYSTACK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069007
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11101
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 44.9386101
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4480591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 miles NW 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-skeletal, mixed, mesic Calcidic 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HAYSTACK
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haystack
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Calcidic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1998 (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

    JUNIP

    Juniperus

    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

    7

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    530

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    225

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; very cobbly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine and 8.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01250
    A2—10 to 46 centimeters (3.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; very cobbly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01251
    C—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 50.0 very fine pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01252
    CK—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. continuous - phpvsfiid 202766; continuous - phpvsfiid 202766