IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AIKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955OR027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OR027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0924
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33983
  • 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: 45.6328735
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6353302
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Hood River County, Oregon. , about 100 feet west of cleared, formerly cultivated area
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AIKEN
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: Bazaim104
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    610

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    135

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06933; moist when described;. litter of needles and maple leaves with a thin F layer; not sampled
    A1—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06934; moist when described;. abundant medium spherical pellets
    A3—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06935; moist when described;. common medium spherical pellets
    B1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 75 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06936; moist when described;. few medium spherical pellets; patchy - phpvsfiid 190126; patchy - phpvsfiid 190126
    B2—43 to 86 centimeters (16.9 to 33.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06937; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 190127; continuous - phpvsfiid 190127
    B3—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06938; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 190128; continuous - phpvsfiid 190128
    C11—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06939; moist when described;. few strongly weathered rock fragments; patchy - phpvsfiid 190129; patchy - phpvsfiid 190129
    C12—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent by volume basalt fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 40A06940; moist when described;. fragments strongly weathered