IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merkel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WA047006
  • User Pedon ID: 1991WA047006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991WA047006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0398
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64637
  • 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: 48.8744431
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3166656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet N and 500 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA749—Okanogan National Forest Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merkel
  • PSC - 28 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2015
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merkel
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Vitrandic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1991 (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

    CARU

    PSME

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    pinegrass

    Douglas-fir

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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

    52

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    1219

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    112

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bw1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; cobbly ashy sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02435
    Bw2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly ashy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02436
    2CB—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02437
    2Cd1—56 to 100 centimeters (22.0 to 39.4 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky; 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary.
    2Cd2—100 to 155 centimeters (39.4 to 61.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; extremely cobbly loamy sand; 4 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog.