IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nevador
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: ARR-07-243
  • User Pedon ID: S2007OR644243
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0198
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19715
  • 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: 42.8783340
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5205536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 273—Nevador-Orovada, dry, complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR644—Malheur County, Oregon, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42117-H5—Arock, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic xeric haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 243
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nevador
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crunchie
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: lava plateau
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: 024XY017OR
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—24

    24—79

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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

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    3813

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    A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); 10YR (10YR/),, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01262; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A2—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); 10YR (10YR/),, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01262; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btq1—24 to 47 centimeters (9.4 to 18.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent durinodes; 2 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 5-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btq2—47 to 79 centimeters (18.5 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkq1—79 to 100 centimeters (31.1 to 39.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; paragravelly loamy very fine sand; 10 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; interstitial pores; 25 percent durinodes and carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 5-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkq2—100 to 150 centimeters (39.4 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very paragravelly loamy very fine sand; 5 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; interstitial pores; 35 percent durinodes; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 08N01263; observed in pit, large or quarry