IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aloha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004OR047001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004OR047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0276
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18257
  • 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: 45.0843315
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8785248
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: northwest 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR047—Marion
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45122-A8—Gervais, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David R. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aloha
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquultic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 44 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 18
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    29—171

    44—149

    —29—

    —142—

    —105—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    52

    —

    999

    —

    175

    11.1

    19

    4.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    OR7500

    Salem WSO airport

    WETS
    Ap—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 10 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01645; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BA—29 to 44 centimeters (11.4 to 17.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 13 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 6 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, iron depletions on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01646
    Bt1—44 to 60 centimeters (17.3 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, iron depletions on surfaces along pores and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01647
    Bt2—60 to 77 centimeters (23.6 to 30.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 20 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, iron depletions on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01648
    Bt3—77 to 108 centimeters (30.3 to 42.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; semideformable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, iron depletions on surfaces along pores and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 35 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01649
    2BCt—108 to 149 centimeters (42.5 to 58.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, iron depletions on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01650
    2C—149 to 171 centimeters (58.7 to 67.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 21 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, nonsticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, iron depletions on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01651