IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edmonds
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WA073005
  • User Pedon ID: 81WA073005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49361
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.8883324
  • Std. Longitude: -122.5855560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet S and 1900 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 3 mi N of Ferndale.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA073—Whatcom

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic, ortstein Vitric Hapludands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edmonds
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edmonds
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic,
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03052. NaF pH 9.9; many very fine and fine roots
    1Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03053. NaF pH 10.4; many very fine and fine roots
    1E—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03054. NaF pH 11.0; many very fine roots
    2Bs1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03055. NaF pH 11.1; few very fine roots; many coarse prominent 10YR36 mottles
    2Bs2—58 to 93 centimeters (22.8 to 36.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, dry; loamy sand; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03056. 75% ortstein concretions 2 to 6 inches in diameter; ortstein is extremely hard dry and extremely firm moist; NaF pH 10.7.; many coarse prominent 10YR43 mottles
    2C—93 to 110 centimeters (36.6 to 43.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; sand; single grain; loose; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03057. NaF pH 9.9