IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Germany
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA015003
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984WA015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0909
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55697
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 46.2666664
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0666656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA015—Cowlitz
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Engel, R. F. Pringle, and W. D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, mesic Andic Xerumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Germany
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Germany Tuff Sub
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very 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: 35
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACCI

    PSME

    TSHE

    Acer circinatum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    vine maple

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

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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

    10

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    463

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    225

    190

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    11

    17

    5

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); unweathered bedrock; 5.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05127. many fine to coarse roots
    A1—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05128. many fine to coarse roots throughout
    A2—11 to 24 centimeters (4.3 to 9.4 inches); 75 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) crushed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05129. many fine to coarse roots throughout
    Bw1—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); 95 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed and 5 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05130. common to many fine to coarse roots throughout
    Bw2—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05131. common to many fine to coarse roots throughout
    Bw3—55 to 80 centimeters (21.7 to 31.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05132. common coats surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine to coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217827; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217827
    Bw4—80 to 115 centimeters (31.5 to 45.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05133. common coats surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine to coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217828; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217828
    Bw5—115 to 155 centimeters (45.3 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05134. common coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217829; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217829