IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Germany
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA069004
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA069004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984WA069004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0920
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55708
  • 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: 46.1666679
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2666702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA069—Wahkiakum
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. F. Pringle, D. Stockman, and L. Klameth
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Germany
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Andeptic Haplohumults
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • 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: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • 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

    PSME

    THPL

    TSHE

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Douglas-fir

    western redcedar

    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

    2

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    293

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    135

    170

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    11

    17

    5

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    O—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    A1—14 to 45 centimeters (5.5 to 17.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05210; dry when described;. common medium roots; few coarse roots
    A2—45 to 73 centimeters (17.7 to 28.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05211; dry when described;. common fine roots; few medium roots
    Bw1—73 to 119 centimeters (28.7 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05212; dry when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217870; patchy - phpvsfiid 217870
    Bw2—119 to 181 centimeters (46.9 to 71.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 2 percent distinct , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout and 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05213; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217872; patchy - phpvsfiid 217872
    Bw3—181 to 206 centimeters (71.3 to 81.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 2 percent distinct , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05214; moist when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; few fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 217874; patchy - phpvsfiid 217874