IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oxyaquic Eutrudepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015WA009501
  • User Pedon ID: 2015WA009501
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2015WA009501
  • User Site Association ID: Olympic Lab Pedons 2015Olympic pedons 2015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0233
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87716
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 48.0322200
  • Std. Longitude: -123.4208700
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 360 meters north and 400 meters east of SW corner of Section
  • Location Description: Heart of the Forest trail below Hurricane Road.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA009—Clallam
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA730—Olympic National Park, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48123-A4—Port Angeles, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Toby Rodgers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial drift
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: Debris apron terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Toby Rodgers
  • 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

    PSME

    TSHE

    ABAM

    THPL

    POMU

    GASH

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Abies amabilis

    Thuja plicata

    Polystichum munitum

    Gaultheria shallon

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

    Pacific silver fir

    western redcedar

    western swordfern

    salal

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—18

    15—150

    72—150

    72—150

    72—98

    —18—

    —135—

    —78—

    —78—

    —26—
    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

    25

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    600

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    0

    1750

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    8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; few very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N00763; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—15 to 50 centimeters (5.9 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N00764; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—50 to 72 centimeters (19.7 to 28.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N00765; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—72 to 98 centimeters (28.3 to 38.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 25 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented red (7.5R 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N00766; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—98 to 152 centimeters (38.6 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 16N00767; moist when described; observed in pit, small