IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melbourne

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 06-DRJ-03

User Pedon ID: S2006OR071003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0915

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18830

Print Date: 4/27/2025

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: 45.1422768

Std. Longitude: -123.4275818

Datum: WGS84

Township: 5S

Range: 6W

Section: 16

State: Oregon

County: OR071—Yamhill

MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45123-B4—Stony Mountain, Oregon

PEDON

Describers Name: David R. Johnson

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 3

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Melbourne

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/15/2006

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture SUBClass - xeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey colluvium derived from volcanic and sedimentary rock

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified

Geology: Nestucca formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/15/2006 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 27

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material bedrock, paralithic	strongly coherent strongly coherent	116 - 128 149 - 174	- 12 - - 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon densic materials paralithic contact	0—43 43—116 116—128 149—174	—43— —73— —12— —25—

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
20	—	—	231	—	270	1316	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	OR9372	WILLAMINA	WETS

A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 32 percent clay; strong medium granular structure; moderately hard, moderately sticky, very plastic; 12.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03993; slightly dry when described; observed in cut

A2—7 to 43 centimeters (2.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-6-10 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03994; moist when described;

Bw1—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, moist; paragravelly silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-9-15 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03995; moist when described;

Bw2—74 to 116 centimeters (29.1 to 45.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very paragravelly silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout and 0.4 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-40 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 06N03996; moist when described;

BC1—116 to 128 centimeters (45.7 to 50.4 inches); fragmental material; massive; 3.5 very fine roots around fragments and 2.5 medium roots around fragments and 0.5 fine roots around fragments and 1.0 coarse roots around fragments; 90 percent by volume flat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 06N03997; moist when described;

BC2—128 to 149 centimeters (50.4 to 58.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, moist; paragravelly silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 28 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 17 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-40 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03997; moist when described;

Cr—149 to 174 centimeters (58.7 to 68.5 inches); weathered bedrock; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.1 fine roots in cracks; fragments.; moist when described;