IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buffaran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069010
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11104
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 44.6575012
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2261124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile east of the Rest Area
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR069—Wheeler
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-RED—Redmond, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR677—Wheeler County Area, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44120-F2—Sutton Mountain, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, mesic, shallow Abruptic Xeric Argidurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buffaran
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fulstone
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, smectitic, mesic, shallow Abruptic Xeric A
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1998 (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

    ACHNA

    ARTRT

    SPCR

    Achnatherum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    needlegrass

    basin big sagebrush

    sand dropseed

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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

    10

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    732

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; cobbly loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine and 8.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01262
    2Bt1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; cobbly clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 40.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01263. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200779; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200779
    3Bt2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 20.0 very fine pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01264. continuous - phpvsfiid 200780; continuous - phpvsfiid 200780
    4BKgm—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and very pale brown (10YR 8/4) exterior, dry; massive; prominent carbonate coats throughout; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 200781; continuous - phpvsfiid 200781
    4BK—48 to 152 centimeters (18.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; distinct carbonate coats throughout; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. continuous - phpvsfiid 200782; continuous - phpvsfiid 200782