IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elbowlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983WA019003
  • User Pedon ID: 1983WA019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53869
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 48.3833351
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3499985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet N and 950 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA019—Ferry

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, glassy over isotic, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elbowlake
  • PSC - 3 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Newbell
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Andic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    97 - 166

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—8

    3—49

    8—97

    49—

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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

    23

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    885

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Needles, leaves, twigs and dried grasses.
    Oe—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0883. Less than 1% gravel.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Bw1—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0884. Less than 1% gravel.; many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots
    Bw2—33 to 49 centimeters (13.0 to 19.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0885. many very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots
    2Bw3—49 to 69 centimeters (19.3 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0886. many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2BC—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0887. common very fine and fine roots
    2CBd—97 to 115 centimeters (38.2 to 45.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0888. common very fine and fine roots
    2Cd—115 to 166 centimeters (45.3 to 65.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P0889. few very fine and fine roots