IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ateron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-JRD-01
  • User Pedon ID: 03OR023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16475
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 44.2194443
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5717239
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet south and 1400 feet east of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Located just north of Coyote Reservoir between Hardscrabble Ridge and Cinnabar Flat in the Ochoco National Forest.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR618—Crook County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44119-B5—Suplee Butte, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim David
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ateron
  • PSC - 15 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ateron
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from andesite
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered andesite at 46cm with <10
  • Surface Fragments: nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter andesite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    0—46

    0—15

    15—46

    —46—

    —15—

    —31—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    1484.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; gravelly ashy sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine platy parts to moderate very fine platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine low-continuity vesicular and 2.0 coarse moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01924; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; gravelly ashy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01924; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01925; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 253881; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 253881
    R—28 to 28 centimeters (11.0 to 11.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; extremely gravelly clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 253882; continuous - phpvsfiid 253882