IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norlo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00-JRD-07
  • User Pedon ID: S2000OR023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 00-JRD-07
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12703
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 43.9576225
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6621857
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 6
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR023—Grant
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR618—Crook County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James R. David, Thor D. Thorson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, glassy over mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Humic Vitrixerands
  • 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 - Norlo
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, glassy over mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Humic Vitrixerands
  • PSC - 2 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2000
  • 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, upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent basalt at 160cm with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2000 (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

    ABGR

    CAGE2

    CARU

    LUPIN

    PIAM2

    Abies grandis

    Carex geyeri

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Lupinus

    Piper amalago

    grand fir

    Geyer's sedge

    pinegrass

    lupine

    higuillo de limon

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    very strongly coherent

    160 - 185

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

    mollic epipedon

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    2—66

    2—66

    81—160

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    —64—

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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

    25

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    1707

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    36

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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 # 00P06977; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; ashy sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06978; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—8 to 38 centimeters (3.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06979; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06980; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ab—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06981; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btb1—81 to 105 centimeters (31.9 to 41.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06982; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 19786; continuous - phpvsfiid 19786
    2Btb2—105 to 160 centimeters (41.3 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 medium irregular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P06983; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 19787; continuous - phpvsfiid 19787
    R—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 00P06984; observed in pit, small