IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wedge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA007010
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA007010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987WA007010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0755
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60050
  • 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: 47.9677773
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7225037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet N, 1000 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA007—Chelan
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Aho and Bob Engel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-pumiceous 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 #: 10
  • 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
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • 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: 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

    ABAM

    CLUN

    TSHE

    Abies amabilis

    Clarkia unguiculata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Pacific silver fir

    elegant clarkia

    western hemlock

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

    spodic horizon

    4—40

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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

    26

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    1070

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    90

    125

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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 # 87P04052. 1 cm of undecomposed leaves, needles, bark.
    E—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, 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; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P04053. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bs1—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, 80 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04054. many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    Bs2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); 75 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, 75 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04055. many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
    Bs3—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04056. many fine roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout
    BC1—43 to 67 centimeters (16.9 to 26.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04057. common very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    BC2—67 to 81 centimeters (26.4 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04058. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    2Bw—81 to 131 centimeters (31.9 to 51.6 inches); 80 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) exterior and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, 80 percent yellow (10YR 8/6) exterior and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior, dry; cinders; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots top of horizon; 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 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04059. Sand fraction = 65% pumice, 35% lapilli; voids not filled.; common fine roots in mat at top of horizon; few fine roots throughout
    2C—131 to 156 centimeters (51.6 to 61.4 inches); 95 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior and 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior, 95 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior and 5 percent yellow (10YR 8/6) exterior, dry; cinders; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 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 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P04060. Sand fraction = 65% pumice, 35% lapilli; voids not filled.; few very fine roots throughout