IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harriman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016OR035001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016OR035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2016OR035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87658
  • User Project ID: 2016-KLF-LAB-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 21 - Lab Characterization - FY2016 - Klamath Basin soils data and Bay Delta Watershed soils data
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 42.1761000
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8295000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39 S.
  • Range: 8 E.
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2,270 feet N and 1,570 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 23B—Harriman loam, 2 to 5 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 - Harriman
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2016
  • Classifier - Gebauer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from diatomite and/or volcanic rock over slope alluvium derived from pumice over residuum weathered from diatomite
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: 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
    R021XY206OR DEEP LOAMY 10-14 PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2016 (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 - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALPR3

    POPR

    Alopecurus pratensis

    Poa pratensis

    meadow foxtail

    Kentucky bluegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—125

    38—98

    98—

    125—

    —125—

    —60—

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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

    2

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    1225.6

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    340

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    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00947; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 43 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00948; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BAt1—38 to 65 centimeters (15.0 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 0.2 fine dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00949; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BAt2—65 to 98 centimeters (25.6 to 38.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 36 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 0.2 fine dendritic tubular pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00950; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2AC—98 to 125 centimeters (38.6 to 49.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 10 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00951; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—125 to 200 centimeters (49.2 to 78.7 inches); white (10YR 8/1) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; diatomaceous silt loam; 5 percent sand; 20 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N00952; moist when described; observed in pit, small