IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEADOWRIDGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OR069014
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OR069014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998OR069014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0249
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11108
  • 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: 44.5833321
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6772232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile NW of the Cal Smith Spring or 1 1/2 SW of Goose Rock
  • 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: 44119-E6—Picture Gorge West, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stan Winther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Vitritorrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEADOWRIDGE
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Meadowridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitritorrand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2000
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • 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: 10/29/2000 (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

    ARTRT

    BRTE

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    basin big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

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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

    8

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    978

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    45

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    A—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80.0 very fine roots and 9.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine and 7.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01275
    Bw—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 40.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 80.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01276
    Bt—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 40.0 very fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01277. continuous - phpvsfiid 200772; continuous - phpvsfiid 200772
    BK1—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots; 40.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01278. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200773; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200773
    BK2—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; cobbly clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30.0 very fine pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fine threadlike carbonate threads throughout; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01279. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200774; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200774