IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valletta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WA045004
  • User Pedon ID: 91WA045004
  • User Site Association ID: Olympic NF Lab Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63725
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.4527779
  • Std. Longitude: -123.3874969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA045—Mason

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Coleman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Andic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valletta
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vancecreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Andic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    61

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    536

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    180

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    A—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine granular, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine to coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03934. common fine to coarse roots; many very fine roots
    Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03935. 16% clay; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Bw2—46 to 77 centimeters (18.1 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03936. 18% clay; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Bw3—77 to 130 centimeters (30.3 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 17% clay; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Bw4—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. 15% clay; few very fine and fine roots