IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Almac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA007002
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987WA007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0754
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60049
  • Print Date: 3/6/2025

    • 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: 47.7491684
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5122223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet N, 25 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA007—Chelan
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vern Beieler, Terry Aho, and Bob Engel.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, mixed Xeric Vitricryands
  • 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 - Almac
  • PSC - 58 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Almac
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Borollic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • 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

    ABLA

    PAMY

    VAMY

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Paxistima myrsinites

    Vaccinium myrtilloides

    subalpine fir

    Oregon boxleaf

    velvetleaf huckleberry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    58—124

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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

    9

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    1584

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    135

    75

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    4

    14

    7

    5

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    O—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P04043. 1 cm of undecomposed organic matter, needles, twigs, leaves, bark.
    E—7 to 9 centimeters (2.8 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P04044. Volcanic ash (W).; many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bs1—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P04045. Volcanic ash.; many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bs2—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04046. Volcanic ash with coarse sand size pumice that crushes when rubbed.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bs3—36 to 65 centimeters (14.2 to 25.6 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04047. Volcanic ash with coarse sand size pumice that crushes when rubbed.; many very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots throughout
    2Bt1—65 to 80 centimeters (25.6 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04048. 13% soft schist fragments many mica plates.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232300; patchy - phpvsfiid 232300
    2Bt2—80 to 102 centimeters (31.5 to 40.2 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, 80 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04049. 25% soft weathered schist. (Many mica schist.); common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232301; patchy - phpvsfiid 232301
    2Bt3—102 to 131 centimeters (40.2 to 51.6 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 50 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04050. 30% soft weathered schist fragment. Many mica plates.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine and medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232302; patchy - phpvsfiid 232303; patchy - phpvsfiid 232302; patchy - phpvsfiid 232303
    2C—131 to 164 centimeters (51.6 to 64.6 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 87P04051. Weathered schist fragments; 40% soft weathered fragments. (Many mica plates.); few medium roots throughout