IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ginsberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09-EPA-07
  • User Pedon ID: S2009OR071007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 09-EPA-07
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1169
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28169
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.3002892
  • Std. Longitude: -123.3498077
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 S.
  • Range: 5 W.
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: about 1,320 feet south and 2,310 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: located on Von Road and Carlton Reservoir
  • Map Unit: MEE—Melby silt loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR071—Yamhill
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR679—Yamhill Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45123-C3—Fairdale, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jeffrey Kern
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over clayey, ferrihydritic over isotic, mesic Alic Hapludands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ginsberg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melby
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sedimentary rock and/or residuum weathered from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: mudstone
  • Geology: Yamhill formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACMA3

    HODI

    POMU

    PSME

    THPL

    Acer macrophyllum

    Holodiscus discolor

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thuja plicata

    bigleaf maple

    oceanspray

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    western redcedar

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    noncoherent

    46 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    andic soil properties

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    3—46

    3—27

    27—64

    46—170

    89—146

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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

    20

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    295.7

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    100

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    Oi/Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 09N04683; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; medial silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04684; observed in pit, small
    AB—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; medial silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04685; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—27 to 46 centimeters (10.6 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; medial silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04686; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04687; observed in pit, small
    BC—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04688; observed in pit, small
    BCt1—89 to 118 centimeters (35.0 to 46.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04689; observed in pit, small
    BCt2—118 to 146 centimeters (46.5 to 57.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04690; observed in pit, small
    C—146 to 170 centimeters (57.5 to 66.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 09N04691; observed in pit, small