IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoxie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04-JFD-14
  • User Pedon ID: S2005OR035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17397
  • 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: 42.5269432
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1958313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35 S.
  • Range: 14 E.
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: about 2300 feet west and 1900 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 4 miles south and 18 miles west of Chiloquin
  • Map Unit: 2046—Hoxie mucky diatomaceous silt loam, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR683—Winema National Forest Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42122-E2—Pelican Butte, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marr, David
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Humic Cryaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoxie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Humic Cryaquepts
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    umbric epipedon

    albic materials

    limnic materials

    cambic horizon

    0—200

    8—33

    33—61

    33—61

    61—200

    —200—

    —25—

    —28—

    —28—

    —139—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    1768

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; moderate excavation difficulty; 12.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; mucky silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00419; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Eg—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, white (10YR 8/1) broken face, dry; diatomaceous silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00420; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—61 to 70 centimeters (24.0 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, dry; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.8 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 40 percent fine light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry, iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00421; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bc1—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, dry; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine low-continuity pores; 2 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented gray (7.5YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent fine irregular moderately coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry, iron-manganese nodules throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. iron depletions are not readily apparent in dry reference sample.
    Bw2—95 to 170 centimeters (37.4 to 66.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bc2—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 9.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 55 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket