IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pilotbutte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00-TLC-01
  • User Pedon ID: S2000OR013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 00-TLC-01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1198
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12694
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 44.2317772
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6699982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet west and 400 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR013—Crook
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR618—Crook County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas L. Clark, Thor D. Thorson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilotbutte
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, glassy, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 28 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2000
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from basalt
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    FEID

    LUPIN

    PIAM2

    PSSP6

    RHGLL

    Festuca idahoensis

    Lupinus

    Piper amalago

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Rhynchospora glomerata var. leptocarpa

    Idaho fescue

    lupine

    higuillo de limon

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    2—40

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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

    30

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    1390

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    20

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P06912; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; ashy sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06913; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 40 centimeters (3.9 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 4.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06914; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; ashy loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 4.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06915; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—68 to 99 centimeters (26.8 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; ashy loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06916; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; ashy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06917; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—124 to 153 centimeters (48.8 to 60.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; ashy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06918; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ab—153 to 163 centimeters (60.2 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 00P06919; moist when described; observed in pit, small