IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: alkali
  • User Site ID: S2018OR035006
  • User Pedon ID: S2018OR035006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2018OR035006
  • User Site Association ID: OR683 point data
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0333
  • 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: 42.6286380
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9510540
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34 S.
  • Range: 7.5 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1,126 feet S and 1,163 feet E of the NW 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-F8—Fort Klamath, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chambers, Katrin B.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, calcareous Aquandic Halaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chock
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2025
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from volcanic ash and pumiceous tephra
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: flood plain on valley floor
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in mar
  • 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
    R021XY104OR SALINE MEADOW Gebauer, Chris

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Chambers, Katrin B.
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALPR3

    DISP

    HOJU

    JUBA

    Alopecurus pratensis

    Distichlis spicata

    Hordeum jubatum

    Juncus balticus

    meadow foxtail

    saltgrass

    foxtail barley

    Baltic rush

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    salt accumulations

    cambic horizon

    endosaturation

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    salt accumulations

    0—9

    3—205

    3—9

    9—52

    9—205

    9—205

    9—205

    52—168

    65—205

    —9—

    —202—

    —6—

    —43—

    —196—

    —196—

    —196—

    —116—

    —140—
    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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    1263.1

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    200

    493

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    7.5

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    An—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; ashy loam; 35 percent sand; 20 percent clay; strong coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; 0.05 ds/m of EC; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02462; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—9 to 33 centimeters (3.5 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, gray (10YR 6/1) broken face, dry; ashy sandy loam; 40 percent sand; 10 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 20-50-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0.01 ds/m of EC; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02463; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—33 to 52 centimeters (13.0 to 20.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; ashy sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 7 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.2 medium tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-15-20 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ds/m of EC; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 19N02464; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BCg—52 to 65 centimeters (20.5 to 25.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face, dry; paragravelly ashy sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-15-20 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ds/m of EC; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02465; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BCng1—65 to 76 centimeters (25.6 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, white (10YR 8/1) broken face, dry; paragravelly ashy sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 4 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-15-20 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0.01 ds/m of EC; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02466; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BCng2—76 to 168 centimeters (29.9 to 66.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, white (10YR 8/1) broken face, dry; ashy sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 fine dendritic tubular pores; 12 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0.01 ds/m of EC; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02467; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cng—168 to 205 centimeters (66.1 to 80.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face, white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, dry; ashy sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0.01 ds/m of EC; very slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 19N02468; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket