Soil Series Atlas

Jory soil series

Fine, mixed, active, mesic Xeric Palehumults

050100150200250cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ft7 ft8 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–15 cm · 0–6 inATopsoil15–41 cm · 6–16 inABTopsoil grading to subsoil41–48 cm · 16–19 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up48–74 cm · 19–29 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up74–122 cm · 29–48 inBt3Subsoil · clay build-up122–254 cm · 48–100 in050100150200250cmApTopsoil · plowed0–15 cm · 0–6 inATopsoil15–41 cm · 6–16 inABTopsoil grading tosubsoil41–48 cm · 16–19 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up48–74 cm · 19–29 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up74–122 cm · 29–48 inBt3Subsoil · clay build-up122–254 cm · 48–100 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 254 cm (100 in), 6 horizons.

Ultisols — strongly weathered, leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Nationally Jory is a small series: 218,572 acres, 1,602nd of 24,791 by area. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Palehumults. Only one atlas description goes deeper than its 254 cm. Every mapped acre is in Oregon. It is the state soil of Oregon.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately slow

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Where Jory is mapped

218,572 acres in 10 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregon: 218,572 acresTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Jory acres

  1. Oregon100%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Oregon 28th of 2,066 · 0.45%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderately slow

SlowFast
Parent material
Colluvium, residuum, igneous/metamorphic rock
Landform
Valleys/basins
Major land resource areas
2
Type location
Oregon

How it is classified

  1. OrderUltisols
  2. SuborderHumults
  3. Great groupPalehumults
  4. SubgroupXeric Palehumults
  5. FamilyFine, mixed, active, mesic Xeric Palehumultsfine particle-size classmixed mineralogy classactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Ultisols

Jory makes up 0.12% of all mapped Ultisols — the 198th largest of 1,278 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

254 cm over a median of 142 cm

Depth to the subsoil

48 cm over a median of 23 cm

Depth described

254 cm over a median of 178 cm

Its relatives

3 other established series share the family “Fine, mixed, active, mesic Xeric Palehumults”

  1. Jory219 k
  2. Olympic169 k
  3. Hazeldell75 k
  4. Seaquest9 k

Other Ultisols in this atlas

  1. Jory254 cm · Xeric Palehumults
  2. Gilpin79 cm · Typic Hapludults
  3. Smithdale211 cm · Typic Hapludults
  4. Cecil203 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  5. Pacolet203 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  6. Clarksville152 cm · Typic Paleudults

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–15 cm0–6 in15 cm
ATopsoil15–41 cm6–16 in26 cm
ABTopsoil grading to subsoil41–48 cm16–19 in7 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up48–74 cm19–29 in26 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up74–122 cm29–48 in48 cm
Bt3Subsoil: clay build-up122–254 cm48–100 in132 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2011-06), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides