IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merkel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WA047009
  • User Pedon ID: 1994WA047009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67086
  • 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: 48.7675018
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1849976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet E and 700 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48119-G2—Havillah, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFD KR
  • 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 #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merkel
  • PSC - 28 to 103 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 Vitrandic Xerochrepts
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1994
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 181-122
  • Plant Association Name: PSME/ARUV
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—6

    6—13

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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

    40

    75

    50

    1539

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    150

    584

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; cobbly ashy sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00461
    Bw—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; gravelly ashy sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00462
    2C1—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00463
    2C2—74 to 155 centimeters (29.1 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.