IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COOPEROPOLIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069013
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0248
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11107
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.6569443
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2624969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile 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: Loamy, mixed, mesic Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - COOPEROPOLIS
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yrtneg
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1998 (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

    FEID

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Festuca idahoensis

    basin big sagebrush

    Idaho fescue

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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

    30

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    713

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    225

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; 13.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01273
    2Bt—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 70.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 80.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01274. continuous - phpvsfiid 200775; continuous - phpvsfiid 200775
    2R—28 centimeters (11.0 inches); tuff, acidic fragments.