IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DAY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069011
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11105
  • 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: 44.6500015
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2836075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 1/2 miles west of the Rest Area
  • 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: Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Chromic Haploxererts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DAY
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Day
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Chromic Haploxerert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1998
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • 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

    BRTE

    PEDU3

    SPCR

    Bromus tectorum

    Peltophorum dubia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    cheatgrass

    horsebush

    sand dropseed

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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

    2

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    616

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 17.0 very fine and 7.0 fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01265
    ABss1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 40.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine pores; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01266. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200777; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200777
    ABss2—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 20.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01267. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200778; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200778
    BCK—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) exterior, 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10.0 very fine roots; 15.0 very fine pores; fine irregular carbonate masses between peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01268
    C—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, moist; clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.