IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Choralmont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA007007
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA007007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987WA007007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0758
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60053
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 47.9736099
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5338898
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S and 1400 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA007—Chelan
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Aho and Vern Beieler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-pumiceous, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Choralmont
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Choralmont
  • Taxonomic Class - Cindery, thermic Typic Vitrandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABGR

    PAMY

    Abies grandis

    Paxistima myrsinites

    grand fir

    Oregon boxleaf

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

    cambic horizon

    12—106

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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

    35

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    1122

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    225

    88

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    6

    16

    4

    7

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    O—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P04081
    A—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04082. NaF pH is 10.5.; many very fine roots throughout
    E—9 to 16 centimeters (3.5 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04083. NaF pH 10.5.; many very fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots
    Bs1—16 to 32 centimeters (6.3 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04084. NaF pH 10.5.; many very fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bs2—32 to 46 centimeters (12.6 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04085. NaF pH is 10.0.; many very fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    2Bw1—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); 80 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, 80 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) exterior and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior, dry; cinders; very coarse single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots top of horizon and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron stains on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04086. many iron stains surface features on rock fragments; many very fine roots in mat at top of horizon; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222403; continuous - phpvsfiid 222403
    2Bw2—59 to 110 centimeters (23.2 to 43.3 inches); 60 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) exterior and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior and 20 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) exterior and 20 percent white (10YR 8/1) exterior, dry; cinders; very coarse single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron stains on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04087. common iron stains surface features on rock fragments; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222404; continuous - phpvsfiid 222404
    2C—110 to 165 centimeters (43.3 to 65.0 inches); 90 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior, 90 percent white (10YR 8/1) exterior and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, dry; cinders; very coarse single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron stains on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P04088. very few iron stains surface features on rock fragments; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 222405; patchy - phpvsfiid 222405