IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Phys
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2015OR023301
User Pedon ID:
S2015OR023301
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
20N0041
Print Date:
12/6/2025
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:
44.4328600
Std. Longitude:
-119.2873000
Datum:
WGS84
State:
Oregon
County:
OR023—Grant
MLRA:
10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
Regional Office:
1—Portland, OR
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
44119-D3—Shop Gulch, Oregon
PEDON
Describers Name:
Kurt Moffitt
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argixerolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
soil survey inventory
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Phys
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argixerolls
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
14 to 64 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/5/2016
Classifier -
Gabriella Coughlin
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
valley
Landform:
alluvial fan
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
lower third
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID
Ecological Site Name
Correlation Data
Classifier
R010XY125OR
Gravelly Fan 12-16 PZ
Feb 12 2016
Gabriella Coughlin
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/2/2015 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
Kurt Moffitt
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
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
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
lithologic discontinuity
0—27
14—74
129—156
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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
4
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781
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Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (3.0) very fine roots throughout; few (6.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bt1—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (2.0) very fine roots throughout; few (6.0) very fine dendritic tubular and few (1.0) medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00135; observed in pit, small
Bt2—27 to 74 centimeters (10.6 to 29.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.5) very fine roots throughout; few (4.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 65 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00136; observed in pit, small
B/C—74 to 115 centimeters (29.1 to 45.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; stratified stratified sandy loam to extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 65 percent sand; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.6) very fine roots throughout; few (3.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent fine faint masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 70 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bw—115 to 129 centimeters (45.3 to 50.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 10 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) very fine roots throughout; few (4.0) very fine dendritic tubular and few (0.2) fine tubular pores; 7 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt boundary.; observed in pit, small
2Ab—129 to 156 centimeters (50.8 to 61.4 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) very fine roots throughout; few (6.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified.; observed in pit, small