IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-RPM-05
  • User Pedon ID: 03WA047001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 03-RPM-05
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15771
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 48.7205544
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6586075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37
  • Range: 18
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: HART'S PASS SNOTEL SITE, OKANOGAN COUNTY
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA749—Okanogan National Forest Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Toby Rodgers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over glacial till and colluvium
  • Landform: arete
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent metasedimentary rock, unspecified at 152cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2003 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABLA

    LALY

    VASC

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Larix lyallii

    Vaccinium scoparium

    subalpine fir

    subalpine larch

    grouse whortleberry

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

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    102 - 152

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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

    12

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    1977

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    270

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    515

    Harts Pass

    SNOTEL
    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A1—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; ashy fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak very 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 moderate-continuity irregular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00297; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; ashy fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00298; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 7 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00299; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00300; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 04N00301; observed in pit, small