IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Centralia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA015005
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984WA015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55699
  • 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: 46.3666649
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0833359
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Xerumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Centralia
  • PSC - 75 to 125 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Centralia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • 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: 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: 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

    ALRU2

    PSME

    TSHE

    Alnus rubra

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    red alder

    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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    171

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    45

    178

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    11

    17

    5

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    1A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent medium spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05146. few medium ironstone nodules concentrations
    1A2—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent medium spherical ironstone nodules and 30 percent coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05147. many medium ironstone nodules concentrations; many coarse ironstone nodules concentrations
    1BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent coarse spherical ironstone nodules and 30 percent medium spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05148. many medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common coarse ironstone nodules concentrations
    1Bt—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05149. common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common to many fine to coarse roots throughout
    1Bt2—45 to 75 centimeters (17.7 to 29.5 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05150. Soft and weathered.; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common to many fine to coarse roots throughout
    1Bt3—75 to 105 centimeters (29.5 to 41.3 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05151. Soft and weathered.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine to coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 217839; patchy - phpvsfiid 217839
    1BCt—105 to 130 centimeters (41.3 to 51.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05152. Soft and weathered.; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; very few to few fine and medium roots throughout
    1CR—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches);, 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) exterior and 20 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) exterior, moist; fine sandy loam; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05153. Weathered bedrock has rock structure.