IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wapal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985WA019001
  • User Pedon ID: 1985WA019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1985WA019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0893
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57159
  • 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: 48.6010583
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8396222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 32E
  • Section: 20
  • Map Unit: WaF—Wapal sandy loam, 25 to 65 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA019—Ferry
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA619—North Ferry Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48118-E7—Swan Lake, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wapal
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2016
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wapal
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Xerorthents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1985
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash, loess and outwash
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: kame terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    AMALA

    ARUV

    FRVI

    LAOC

    PICOL

    PSMEG

    ROGY

    SPBE2

    Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Fragaria virginiana

    Larix occidentalis

    Pinus contorta var. latifolia

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Spiraea betulifolia

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    kinnikinnick

    Virginia strawberry

    western larch

    lodgepole pine

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    dwarf rose

    white spirea

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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

    18

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    1075

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    240

    485

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    96

    5.4

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots and many medium roots and many fine roots and common coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04789
    Bw—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots and common medium roots and many fine roots and common coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04790
    CB—36 to 54 centimeters (14.2 to 21.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mica fragments observed by visual inspection method and 25 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    C—54 to 110 centimeters (21.3 to 43.3 inches); variegated very gravelly coarse sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 250-?-600 millimeter mica fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified.