IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959OR067004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959OR067004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0936
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33995
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 45.3952789
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8122253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 3 miles NE of Sherwood
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR067—Washington
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR067—Washington County, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clyde C. Bowlsby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsboro
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HILLSBORO
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    2

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    60

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    1143

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    11.7

    19.4

    3.3

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 medium interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07031; dry when described;
    A3—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07032; dry when described;
    B21—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films; 1 percent noncoherent cemented manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07033; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 189946; patchy - phpvsfiid 189947; patchy - phpvsfiid 189946; patchy - phpvsfiid 189947
    B22—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films; 3 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07034; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 189948; patchy - phpvsfiid 189948
    2B3—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films and 1 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07035; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 189949; patchy - phpvsfiid 189949
    2C1—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07036; dry when described;. irregular fine sandy loam lumps 1/2 inch in diameter, flat, up to 3 inches long, hard when dry and firm when moist; patchy - phpvsfiid 189951; patchy - phpvsfiid 189951
    2C2—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A07037; dry when described;. 10 percent flat fine sandy loam lumps which are hard and firm, seem to be arranged vertically along root channels
    3C3—178 to 198 centimeters (70.1 to 78.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sand; massive; hard when dry, firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A07038; dry when described;. rounded oblong lumps of loamy fine sand arranged horizontally in stratified bands comprise about 15 percent by volume of the horizon