IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Booth

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 09OR013002

User Pedon ID: S2009OR013002

Vegetation Plot ID: 09OR013002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 11N0353

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43399

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: 43.8424225

Std. Longitude: -119.8731384

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: 258—Booth-Ateron complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Oregon

County: OR013—Crook

MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau

Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR618—Crook County Area, Oregon

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43119-G7—Mackey Butte, Oregon

PEDON

Describers Name: Kurt L. Moffitt

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Durixerolls

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Booth

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Durixerolls

PSC - 16 to 66 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/9/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture SUBClass - xeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Class - physical crust

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Phys Crust Subtype - vesicular crust

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: volcanic ash over clayey residuum weathered from basalt

Landscape: tableland

Landform: structural bench

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated slight weathered basalt at 84cm with 10 to <45

Geology: High Lava Plains Volcanic formation.

Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter basalt, 10.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter basalt,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R023XY216OR	CLAYPAN 12-16 PZ

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/9/2009 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 21

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACTH7 ARAR8 ELELE FEID KOMA LUPIN PHHOH POSE PSSPS	Achnatherum thurberianum Artemisia arbuscula Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides Festuca idahoensis Koeleria macrantha Lupinus Phlox hoodii ssp. hoodii Poa secunda Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata	Thurber's needlegrass little sagebrush squirreltail Idaho fescue prairie Junegrass lupine spiny phlox Sandberg bluegrass bluebunch wheatgrass	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
duripan bedrock, lithic	strongly coherent indurated	71 - 84 84 -	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon duripan lithic contact	0—55 16—71 71—84 84—	—- —- —- —-

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
4	—	—	1471	—	265	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N01919; observed in pit, small

BA—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face cobbly loam; 48 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N01920; observed in pit, small

2Bt1—31 to 55 centimeters (12.2 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; cobbly clay; 25 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 55 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N01921; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 834997; continuous - phpvsfiid 834997

2Bt2—55 to 71 centimeters (21.7 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; very cobbly clay; 35 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N01922; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834996; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834996

2Bkqm—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; cemented material; massive; strongly coherent by silica; very high excavation difficulty; 30 percent prominent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct silica coats on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 834994; continuous - phpvsfiid 834995; continuous - phpvsfiid 834994; continuous - phpvsfiid 834995

2R—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); bedrock; indurated; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in pit, small