IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountemily

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 03-RJO-03

User Pedon ID: 03OR061001

Vegetation Plot ID: 03-RJO-03

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 04N0768

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16484

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 45.2717323

Std. Longitude: -117.6874695

Datum: WGS84

Township: 3 S

Range: 41 E

Section: 28

PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4

State: Oregon

County: OR063—Wallowa

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45117-C6—Mount Fanny, Oregon

PEDON

Describers Name: Robert Ottersburg

Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic Typic Vitricryands

Pedon Type: within range of map unit

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Mountemily

Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic Typic Vitricryands

Classificaton Date - 3/16/2004

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: volcanic ash over igneous-basalt

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Bedrock: basalt

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/16/2004 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Plant Association Name: ABLA/LIBO2

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ABGR ABLA ANPI ARCO CAGE2 CHANA2 FRVI HIAL2 LIBO3 LOUT2 LUPO2 PICO PIEN THOC TSME VASC VIOR	Abies grandis Abies lasiocarpa Anemone piperi Arabis cobrensis Carex geyeri Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium Fragaria virginiana Hieracium albiflorum Linnaea borealis Lonicera utahensis Lupinus polyphyllus Pinus contorta Picea engelmannii Thalictrum occidentale Tsuga mertensiana Vaccinium scoparium Viola orbiculata	grand fir subalpine fir Piper's anemone sagebrush rockcress Geyer's sedge fireweed Virginia strawberry white hawkweed twinflower Utah honeysuckle bigleaf lupine lodgepole pine Engelmann spruce western meadow-rue mountain hemlock grouse whortleberry darkwoods violet	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	1—5 5—25	—- —-

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	200	—	1783	—	280	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	647	Moss Springs	SNOTEL

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04358; observed in pit, small

AE—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; silt loam, ashy; 15 percent sand; 84 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular and 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04359; observed in pit, small

Bw—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; silt loam, ashy; 20 percent sand; 76 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 4.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04360; dry when described; observed in pit, small

BC—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) crushed, yellow (10YR 7/6) broken face, dry; silt loam, ashy; 5 percent sand; 83 percent silt; 2 percent clay; very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium prominent ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04361; observed in pit, small

2AEb—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly silt loam; 40 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter igneous, basic fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04362; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2Btb—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, dry; very cobbly loam; 50 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter igneous, basic fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04363; observed in pit, small

2BCb—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04364; observed in pit, small

3C—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, dry; extremely cobbly loamy sand; 75 percent sand; 2 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 04N04365; observed in pit, small