IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA015002
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984WA015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55692
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 45.9672203
  • Std. Longitude: -122.7699966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA015—Cowlitz
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Engel, W. D. Nettleton, and R. F. Pringle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixerolls
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mart
  • PSC - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mart
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xeric Haplohumult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    FEAR3

    FERU2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Festuca arundinacea

    Festuca rubra

    orchardgrass

    —

    red fescue

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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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

    15

    —

    —

    280

    —

    180

    114

    —

    —

    11

    17

    5

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05088. many very fine roots; many fine roots
    1A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05089. many very fine roots; many fine roots
    1BAt—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P05090. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 230374; patchy - phpvsfiid 230374
    1Bt1—50 to 67 centimeters (19.7 to 26.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05091. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230375; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230375
    1Bt2—67 to 105 centimeters (26.4 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05092. Weathered Breccia or Andesite soft can be cut with spade and crushed between fingers.; few very fine roots; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 230376; continuous - phpvsfiid 230376
    1BCt—106 to 145 centimeters (41.7 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05093. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230377; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230377
    1Cr—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05094. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230378; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230378