IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sycan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018OR035002
  • User Pedon ID: S2018OR035002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2018OR035002
  • User Site Association ID: OR683 point data
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0329
  • User Project ID: 2019-2KLF-INITIAL-001
  • Project Name: Klamath County, Oregon, Southern Part - Significant Revision
  • 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: 42.4871660
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2875080
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35 S.
  • Range: 12 E.
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet N and 845 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR035—Klamath
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR683—Winema National Forest Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42121-D3—Beatty, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gebauer, Chris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Glassy, nonacid, frigid Vitrandic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sycan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/2023
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sycan
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, glassy, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2018
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ashy alluvium derived from pumice
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in mar
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gebauer, Chris
  • Hydrology Status: wetter than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGROP2

    ARCA13

    BRTE

    CIRSI

    POPR

    Agropyron

    Artemisia cana

    Bromus tectorum

    Cirsium

    Poa pratensis

    wheatgrass

    silver sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    thistle

    Kentucky bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    endosaturation

    0—18

    0—180

    75—180

    75—180

    105—180

    —18—

    —180—

    —105—

    —105—

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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

    1

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    1320

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; ashy loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02440; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—12 to 42 centimeters (4.7 to 16.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, gray (10YR 6/1) broken face, dry; ashy loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 0.1 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02441; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AC—42 to 75 centimeters (16.5 to 29.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, gray (10YR 6/1) broken face, dry; ashy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02442; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—75 to 105 centimeters (29.5 to 41.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; ashy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine distinct spherical black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine faint irregular dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine faint irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02443; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BCg1—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); 95 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, 95 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face, dry; ashy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02444; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BCg2—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, 80 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face, dry; ashy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 19N02445; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket