IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haystack
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069009
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0244
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11103
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.6905556
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2808304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 miles south of John Day River on the east side of Bridge Creek
  • 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-F3—Painted Hills, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haystack
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washoe
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xeric Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1998
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine and 7.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01258
    Bt1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) exterior, dry; clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 70.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 80.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01259. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202762
    Bt2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, dry; very cobbly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 50.0 very fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01260. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202763
    Bt3—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01261. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202764
    Bt4—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior very cobbly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202765
    c—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior very cobbly sandy loam; single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.