IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SORF
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069012
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0247
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11106
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.6897240
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2705536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 miles south of 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-F3—Painted Hills, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SORF
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sorf
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Paleargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1998 (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

    ARTRT

    BRTE

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    basin big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

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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

    21

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    616

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    180

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 17.0 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 basalt fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01269
    2Bt—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); 90 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; cobbly clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01270. continuous - phpvsfiid 200776; continuous - phpvsfiid 200776
    3BK1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 80.0 very fine pores; fine and medium spherical carbonate masses between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01271
    3BK2—48 to 97 centimeters (18.9 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) exterior, dry; clay; fragments.
    3Cr—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.