IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Broncho
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069016
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0251
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11110
  • 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: 44.6505547
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2411118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 miles SE 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-F2—Sutton Mountain, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Broncho
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wrango
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xeric Torriorthent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1998 (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

    JUNIP

    SPCR

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Juniperus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    basin big sagebrush

    juniper

    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

    5

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    616

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    225

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; very cobbly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 90.0 very fine and 7.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01282
    C—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01283
    2A—30 to 74 centimeters (11.8 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01284
    2Bk1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 50 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 # 99P01285. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200769; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200769
    2Bk2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; very cobbly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200770; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200770