IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMITY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992OR003003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992OR003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0766
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65005
  • User Project ID: SSR012015001
  • Project Name: Soil Microbe Map Study
  • 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: 44.4336128
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2722244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: About 500 feet E and 10 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Map sheet 34. projected.
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR003—Benton
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR606—Benton County Area, Oregon, Part of Benton CountyOR003—Benton County, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lynn, Sobecki, and Haberman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Argiaquic Xeric Argialbolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AMITY
  • PSC - 59 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amity
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Argiaquic Xeric Argialbol
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty lacustrine deposits derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 120
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1992 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—40

    40—59

    59—124

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    —-

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    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

    —

    —

    79

    —

    90

    914

    —

    —

    11.1

    18.9

    3.9

    12.8

    21.1

    6.1

    —

    —

    351862

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04675; dry when described;
    Ap2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04676; dry when described;
    A—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04677; dry when described;
    E—40 to 59 centimeters (15.7 to 23.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04678; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 177829; continuous - phpvsfiid 177829
    Bt1—59 to 78 centimeters (23.2 to 30.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04679; dry when described;. all concentrations are (10YR 2/1); discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177830; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177830
    Bt2—78 to 97 centimeters (30.7 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04680; moist when described;. all concentrations are (10YR 2/1); continuous - phpvsfiid 177831; continuous - phpvsfiid 177831
    BCt1—97 to 125 centimeters (38.2 to 49.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04681; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 177832; continuous - phpvsfiid 177832
    BCt2—125 to 165 centimeters (49.2 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium and coarse faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04683; moist when described;. 92P4682; this horizon was split for sampling at 150 cm; continuous - phpvsfiid 177833; continuous - phpvsfiid 177833
    BCt3—165 to 265 centimeters (65.0 to 104.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium and coarse faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments. Lab sample # 92P04684; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 177834; continuous - phpvsfiid 177834
    C—265 to 300 centimeters (104.3 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium and coarse faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments. Lab sample # 92P04685; moist when described;. this sample was from an auger