IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Typic Vitrixerands
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-JFD-02
  • User Pedon ID: 03OR037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0393
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16400
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 42.3237381
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8252411
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37 S.
  • Range: 16 E.
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: southeast quarter of the northeast quarter
  • Location Description: about 9 miles north and 24 miles west of Lakeview, about 1/2 mile south of Quartz Summit on US Highway 140
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR037—Lake
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR680—Fremont National Forest, Oregon
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42120-C7—Quartz Valley, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dorr, Jim
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Vitrixerands
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, glassy, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • PSC - 1 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: tephra
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    duripan

    weakly coherent

    110 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    duripan

    1—33

    1—61

    110—

    —32—

    —60—

    —-
    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

    8

    —

    —

    1692

    —

    190

    762

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    706

    Quartz Mountain

    SNOTEL
    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, 10YR 2.5/2 (10YR 2.5/2) broken face, moist; paragravelly ashy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 9.0 very fine roots throughout; 9.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter cinders fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-30 millimeter pumice fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02294; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    AB1—11 to 33 centimeters (4.3 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; paragravelly ashy sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 9.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-200 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter cinders fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-30 millimeter pumice fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02295; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    AB2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; cobbly ashy sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 9.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter cinders fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-200 millimeter andesite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-30 millimeter pumice fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02296; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—61 to 110 centimeters (24.0 to 43.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; gravelly ashy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-200 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter cinders fragments and 13 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-30 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02297; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bqm—110 to 160 centimeters (43.3 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; cemented gravelly ashy coarse sand; massive; very hard, very firm, weakly cemented by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry, clay films on rock fragments; 40 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, and very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry, silica masses with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter cinders fragments and 13 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-30 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 04N02298; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 271631; patchy - phpvsfiid 271631