IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Uselessbay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08-BAL-261
  • User Pedon ID: S08WA029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0476
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28292
  • 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: 48.0044441
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3980560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 21
  • Location Description: King County, Washington: 1/2 mile southwest of Carnation
  • Map Unit: 2026—Uselessbay-Utsalady complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA029—Island
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA029—Island County, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48122-A4—Langley, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Oxyaquic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Uselessbay
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, mesic Oxyaquic Dystroxerepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glacial outwash
  • Landform: ridge drumlin on glacial drift plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    93 - 152

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    densic contact

    4—8

    8—38

    74—93

    93—152

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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
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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; slightly decomposed plant material; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate coarse granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 medium interstitial and 8.0 medium irregular pores; 5 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator strip; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 30.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 medium tubular and 15.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator strip; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01933; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 20.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01934; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; gravelly loamy sand; 75 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 medium tubular and 20.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01935; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly sand; 90 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 20.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH indicator strip; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01936; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—74 to 93 centimeters (29.1 to 36.6 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly sand; 90 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 20.0 very fine irregular and 10.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse prominent strongly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry, and gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume indurated 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH indicator strip; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01937; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd—93 to 152 centimeters (36.6 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 5-41-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator strip.; dry when described; observed in pit, small