IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MELBOURNE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04-DRJ-10
  • User Pedon ID: S2004OR071010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18258
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 45.3759460
  • Std. Longitude: -123.3208084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: northwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR071—Yamhill
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45123-D3—Turner Creek, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David R. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MELBOURNE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from diorite over loamy colluvium derived from mudstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Yamhill formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/2004 (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 - 21
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    2—16

    29—141

    —14—

    —112—
    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

    25

    —

    —

    189

    —

    280

    1854

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    —

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    OR3705

    HASKINS DAM

    WETS
    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.; observed in cut
    A1—2 to 16 centimeters (0.8 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 27 percent clay; strong medium granular structure; moderately hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01652
    A2—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 12 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01653
    Bt1—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 12 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 38 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01654
    Bt2—43 to 101 centimeters (16.9 to 39.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 35 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01655
    Bt3—101 to 141 centimeters (39.8 to 55.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01656
    C—141 to 155 centimeters (55.5 to 61.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 24 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume angular moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mudstone fragments. Lab sample # 05N01657