IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Seaquest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA015007
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA015007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984WA015007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0913
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55701
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025
  • 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: 46.3119431
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8174973
  • 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 Haploxerults
  • 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Seaquest
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Seaquest
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, 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: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    ACCI

    PSME

    THPL

    Acer circinatum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thuja plicata

    vine maple

    Douglas-fir

    western redcedar

    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

    5

    110

    315

    140

    11

    17

    5

    1A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05162. common to many fine to coarse roots throughout
    1BAt—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and 50 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05163. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common to many fine to coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 217845; patchy - phpvsfiid 217845
    1Bt—30 to 60 centimeters (11.8 to 23.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05164. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine to coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 217846; patchy - phpvsfiid 217846
    1Bt—60 to 95 centimeters (23.6 to 37.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05165. common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine to coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217847; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217847
    1Bt—95 to 130 centimeters (37.4 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05166. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine to coarse roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 217848; continuous - phpvsfiid 217848
    1BCt—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 fine and medium roots throughout; 55 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05167. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few to few fine and medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 217849; continuous - phpvsfiid 217849
    1CR—155 to 170 centimeters (61.0 to 66.9 inches); 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior and 10 percent black (5YR 2/1) exterior unweathered bedrock; 37 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 95 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 84P05168. Soft and weathered. Has rock structure.; common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217850; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217850