IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mineral
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983WA047009
  • User Pedon ID: 83WA047009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53868
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 48.4666672
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8833313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S and 200 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mineral
  • PSC - 30 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/2014
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mineral
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Ultic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    79 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    5—28

    5—41

    28—79

    79—

    —23—

    —36—

    —51—

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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

    58

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    229

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled. Needles, twigs, bark, cones and partially decomposed organic matter.
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled. Needles, twigs, bark, cones and partially decomposed organic matter.
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P0878. many very fine and fine roots; few to common medium and coarse roots
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0879. many very fine and fine roots; few to common medium and coarse roots
    Bw1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0880. many very fine and fine roots; few to common medium and coarse roots
    Bw2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0881. many very fine roots; few to common fine and medium roots
    Bw3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P0882. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    R—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Quartz monzonite.