IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AIKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0923
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33982
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 45.6720390
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6370010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: sample site is the SE corner, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 75 feet north of the Riordan Road from a point about 625 feet east of the intersections with the Larch Mountain road and the Post Canyon Guard Station road
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR027—Hood River
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR629—Hood River County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. G. Knox
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AIKEN
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: Bazain103
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06925; moist when described;. litter of Douglas-fir needles, with a thin F layer; not sampled
    A1—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06926; moist when described;. abundant medium spherical pellets (shot)
    A3—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06927; moist when described;. few medium spherical pellets
    B1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films and 10 percent black stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06928; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 190130; continuous - phpvsfiid 190130
    B2—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06929; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 190132; continuous - phpvsfiid 190132
    B3—84 to 153 centimeters (33.1 to 60.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; clay films and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06930; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 190133; continuous - phpvsfiid 190133
    C1—153 to 181 centimeters (60.2 to 71.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 40A06931; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 190135; patchy - phpvsfiid 190135
    C2—181 to 206 centimeters (71.3 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; loam, weathered bedrock; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06932; moist when described;. sampled with an auger