IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longbranch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986OR001002
  • User Pedon ID: 86OR001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59055
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 44.5195808
  • Std. Longitude: -117.6654663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR001—Baker

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Longbranch
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Longbranch
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Ar
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    11

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    1373

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    36

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04577. 5 percent gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
    1A2—10 to 56 centimeters (3.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04578. 10 percent gravel.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2Bw—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04579. 20 percent gravel.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2Bt—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04580. 30 percent gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    2Btk—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very cobbly clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04581. 30 percent gravel. Strongly effervescent with segregated lime blotches.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores
    2Ck—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; extremely cobbly clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. 20 percent gravel.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores
    3R—132 centimeters (52.0 inches); fragments. Highly fractured greenstone.