IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coveland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-MPR-122
  • User Pedon ID: 03WA055003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 03-MPR-122
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Lincoln
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16084
  • 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: 48.4738884
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0447235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R3W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet south and 1300 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 1001—Coveland loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes1009—Coveland-Mitchellbay complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA055—San Juan
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA055—San Juan County, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48123-D1—False Bay, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Regan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coveland (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 51 to 112 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Falsebay
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial drift over dense glaciomarine deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in nov
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/2003 (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

    DAGL

    Dactylis glomerata

    orchardgrass

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    112 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

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    23—51

    51—112

    112—

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    —28—

    —61—

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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

    5

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    23

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    230

    787

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    220

    9

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    10

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume noncoherent cemented 2-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02398; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume noncoherent cemented 2-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02399; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume noncoherent cemented 2-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02400; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btg1—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 31 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 very fine roots in cracks; 10.0 fine tubular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 60 percent prominent organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 40 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02401; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275157; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275158; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275157; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275158
    2Btg2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 26 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 very fine roots in cracks; 4.0 fine tubular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent prominent organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02402; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275159; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275160; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275159; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 275160
    2Cd—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 65 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 16 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 04N02403; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small