IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Collegecreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001OR023001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001OR023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0841
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13395
  • 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: 44.5513878
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6497192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile SW of the Sheep Rock Visitor's Center (Cant Ranch)
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44119-E6—Picture Gorge West, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, glassy over mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Collegecreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, glassy over mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Vitrixerands
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/2001
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Foothills formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/2001 (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
    • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04540
    A2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04541
    2Bk—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N04542
    3C—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very stony coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4. Lab sample # 01N04543