IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wedge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA007008
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA007008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987WA007008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0756
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60051
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 48.0155563
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5866699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet S, 350 feet E of the NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA007—Chelan
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Aho
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-pumiceous Xeric Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wedge
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wedge
  • Taxonomic Class - Cindery Typic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower 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: 1
  • 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

    VAMY

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Vaccinium myrtilloides

    subalpine fir

    velvetleaf huckleberry

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

    spodic horizon

    4—44

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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

    15

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    1530

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    90

    100

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    4

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    5

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P04061
    E—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P04062. many fine roots; many medium roots
    Bs1—7 to 16 centimeters (2.8 to 6.3 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, 80 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04063. M3T; many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    Bs2—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, 85 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04064. common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    Bs3—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 medium interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04065. Few coarse roots throughout; most voids filled.; many fine roots; common medium roots throughout
    2Bw1—47 to 72 centimeters (18.5 to 28.3 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) exterior and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, 60 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) exterior and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior, dry; cinders; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 medium interstitial and 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter pyroclastic, unspecified fragments and 85 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04066. Voids not filled.; many fine and medium roots; many very fine roots throughout
    3Bw2—72 to 86 centimeters (28.3 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed, 90 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter pyroclastic, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04067. many fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    4Bw3—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); 75 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and 22 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) exterior, 75 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/4) exterior and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior, dry; cinders; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium interstitial and 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter pyroclastic, unspecified fragments and 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04068. Voids not filled.; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    4C—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior, 90 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) exterior, dry; cinders; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium interstitial and 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter pyroclastic, unspecified fragments and 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P04069. Voids not filled.