IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gellatly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006OR071007
  • User Pedon ID: S2006OR071007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19000
  • 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: 45.1554184
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2893295
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR071—Yamhill
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR071—Yamhill County, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45123-B3—Muddy Valley, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Langridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gellatly
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from basalt over clayey residuum weathered from basalt
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Diabase formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/2006 (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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—61

    10—170

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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

    26

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    171

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    140

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04527; observed in trench
    ABt—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 6.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 12 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores and 13 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04528; observed in trench
    Bt1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay; 46 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04529; observed in trench
    Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries between peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded weakly coherent cemented 5-13-20 millimeter basalt fragments and 1 percent by volume subrounded weakly coherent cemented 20-48-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04530; observed in trench
    BCt1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores; 4 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries between peds; 10 percent by volume subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter basalt fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04531; observed in trench
    BCt2—114 to 170 centimeters (44.9 to 66.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores; 6 percent medium distinct iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries between peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter basalt fragments. Lab sample # 06N04532; observed in trench