IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KANER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-RPM-01
  • User Pedon ID: 03WA037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15630
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.3849983
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0633316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 121E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet S AND 200 feet W OF NE CORNER
  • Location Description: 10 MILES NORTH OF ROSLYN, WA ON SASSIE RIDGE AT SNOTEL SITE.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA637—Kittitas County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ron Myhrum
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic Humic Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KANER
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KANER
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over colluvium derived from granite
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated andesite at 203cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    9

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    1341

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    250

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    734

    Sassie Ridge

    SNOTEL
    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face gravelly ashy fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04766; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04767; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04768; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04769; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04770; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face extremely gravelly ashy coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04771; moist when described; observed in pit, small