IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stussi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 3OR023009
  • User Pedon ID: S2003OR023009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 3OR023009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16480
  • 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: 44.4481735
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0557480
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 S.
  • Range: 30 E.
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1,600 feet east and 500 feet of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 3.5 miles NE of the town of Mt. Vernon on the north side of Highway 395
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR633—Grant County, Oregon, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44119-D1—Mount Vernon, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, magnesic, mesic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stussi
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, magnesic, mesic Typic Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from serpentinite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent strong weathered serpentinite at 91cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7016-137
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    JUOC

    Juniperus occidentalis

    western juniper

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    moderately coherent

    91 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    25—91

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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

    39

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    1036.3

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    225

    381

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    100

    8.3

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter serpentinite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02590; moist when described; observed in cut
    AB—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02590; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02591; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bw2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02592; dry when described; observed in cut
    R—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in cut