IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Andic Dystrudepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015WA027501
  • User Pedon ID: 2015WA027501
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2015WA027501
  • User Site Association ID: Olympic Lab Pedons 2015Olympic pedons 2015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0240
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87769
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 47.5024180
  • Std. Longitude: -123.8416200
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 100m south and 210m west of NE corner of section
  • Location Description: North Shore of Lake Quinault On edge of alluvial fan or could be glacial terrace.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA027—Grays Harbor
  • MLRA: 4A—Sitka Spruce Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA730—Olympic National Park, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47123-E7—Finley Creek, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Toby Rodgers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, isomesic Andic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Andic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2018
  • Classifier - Phil Roberts
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxyaquic Hapludands
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, ferrihydritic, isomesic Oxyaquic Hapludands
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • PSC - 8 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2015
  • Classifier - Toby Rodgers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alpine glacial drift
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: Debris apron on mountain slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/2015 (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

    TSHE

    THPL

    PSME

    VAPA

    VAOV2

    GASH

    BLSP

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Thuja plicata

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    Vaccinium ovatum

    Gaultheria shallon

    Blechnum spicant

    western hemlock

    western redcedar

    Douglas-fir

    red huckleberry

    California huckleberry

    salal

    deer fern

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    86 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic contact

    0—18

    21—110

    21—110

    86—

    86—

    —18—

    —89—

    —89—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/14/2015

    6/14/2015

    15

    50

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    13.1

    12.5
    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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    100

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    130

    2715

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    10

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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
    Oe—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; ; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-51-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N00794; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—21 to 44 centimeters (8.3 to 17.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, dry; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-51-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 16N00795; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—44 to 70 centimeters (17.3 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 5-51-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 16N00796; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—70 to 86 centimeters (27.6 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, dry; gravelly silt loam; 30 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 40 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 5-51-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 16N00797; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; gravelly silt loam; 20 percent sand; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-51-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 16N00798; moist when described; observed in pit, small