IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chesebro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02OR037001
  • User Pedon ID: 02OR037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 02OR037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0328
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15303
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.5741769
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0609946
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 366 meters north and 457 meters west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 105E—Cabinspring-Chesebro-Hayespring complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes237—Cabinspring-Chesebro-Hayespring complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR037—Lake
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR635—Lake County, Oregon, Northern Part, Parts of Lake and Klamath Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Keller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, glassy, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chesebro
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chesebro
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Class - biological crust
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARTRV

    FEID

    LECI4

    PSSPS

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Festuca idahoensis

    Leymus cinereus

    Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata

    mountain big sagebrush

    Idaho fescue

    basin wildrye

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—61

    61—152

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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

    28

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    0

    356

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    60

    7

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; very cobbly ashy loam; 45 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-164-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01759; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—4 to 23 centimeters (1.6 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; very stony ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak coarse granular, and weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-164-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01759; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very cobbly ashy loam; 38 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-164-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01760; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-164-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01761; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-164-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red.; moist when described; observed in pit, small