IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SNELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OR023034
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OR023034
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997OR023034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0244
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10515
  • 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: 44.5377769
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4802780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44119-E4—Sheep Ridge, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SNELL
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1997 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEID

    JUNIP

    PURSH

    Festuca idahoensis

    Juniperus

    Purshia

    Idaho fescue

    juniper

    bitterbrush

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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

    57

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    1177

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    315

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; extremely cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 18.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01421
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 12.0 very fine tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01422
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; cobbly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 80.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01423. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201550; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201550
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; very cobbly clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01424. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201551; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201551
    2R—58 centimeters (22.8 inches); fragments.