IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tub
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2019OR013503
  • User Pedon ID: S2019OR013503
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0049
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 44.1577070
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3556140
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5m SE of 2018OR013004
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR013—Crook
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kurt Moffitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tub
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Palexerolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/26/2019
  • Classifier - Kurt Moffitt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Dominant - perennial grass
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum with an influence of volcanic ash in the surface
  • Landscape: of the Blue and Ochoco Mountains foothills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R010XB027OR JD Clayey 12-16 PZ Apr 28 2019 Kurt Moffitt
  • Community Phase: 2.1 Sagebrush-Grass

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/26/2019 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Anthony Collora
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    volcanic glass

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    abrupt textural change

    secondary carbonates

    0—48

    0—48

    48—120

    48—101

    48—48

    79—120

    —48—

    —48—

    —72—

    —53—

    —-

    —41—
    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

    8

    —

    —

    1193.5

    —

    28

    305

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, moist; ashy sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-50-76 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N00167; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BAt—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 27 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.5 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.5 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.8 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.3 fine irregular and 0.8 fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00168; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btss—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay; 35 percent sand; 55 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.6 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 0.4 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.2 fine irregular and 0.4 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00169; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btkss—79 to 101 centimeters (31.1 to 39.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay; 40 percent sand; 50 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.5 medium dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00170; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btk—101 to 120 centimeters (39.8 to 47.2 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay; 40 percent sand; 48 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.1 medium dendritic tubular and 0.2 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 20N00171; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small