IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015OR035012
  • User Pedon ID: S2015OR035012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2015OR035012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82568
  • User Project ID: 2015-KLF-LAB-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 21 - Lab Characterization - FY2015 - Klamath Basin soils data and Bay Delta Watershed soils data
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.1690300
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8347200
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30 S.
  • Range: 8 E.
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 310 feet S and 190 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: about 4.3 miles S and 3.0 miles W of Klamath Falls, OR
  • Map Unit: 17A—Deter clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-KLF—Klamath Falls, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR640—Klamath County, Oregon, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42121-B7—Klamath Falls, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gebauer, Chris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deter
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2015
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gebauer, Chris
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    JUBA

    PHLEU

    Carex

    Juncus balticus

    Phleum

    sedge

    Baltic rush

    timothy

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—128

    20—128

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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

    0.5

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    1251.6

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    280

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); gray (7.5YR 5/1) broken face, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01114; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) broken face, very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 30 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01115; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    ABt—20 to 70 centimeters (7.9 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 41 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 medium roots and 0.3 fine roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 80 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01116; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—70 to 102 centimeters (27.6 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 medium roots and 0.3 fine roots; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.2 medium tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 50 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 95 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01117; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—102 to 128 centimeters (40.2 to 50.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01118; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bq—128 to 195 centimeters (50.4 to 76.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; ashy sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.2 medium tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese masses in matrix; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N01119; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket