IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BELLINGHAM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956WA055001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956WA055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34077
  • 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: 48.5011101
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0619431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: SE NE, 150 feet north of field bridge on drainage ditch.
  • Location Description: Near center of San Juan Island, San Juan County, Washington.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA055—San Juan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA055—San Juan County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. B. McCaleb and A. O. Ness
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BELLINGHAM
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    635

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    8.9

    13.3

    4.4

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07608; wet when described;
    B2G—20 to 63 centimeters (7.9 to 24.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07609; wet when described;. the top 3 or 4 inches appears to be more dense and have a stronger coarse prismatic structure than below; sample taken between 11 and 25 inches; continuous - phpvsfiid 190108; continuous - phpvsfiid 190108
    B3G—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07610; wet when described;. light gray sandy coatings on horizontal prism surfaces; continuous - phpvsfiid 190109; continuous - phpvsfiid 190109
    C1G—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive, and weak medium prismatic; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07611; wet when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 190110; patchy - phpvsfiid 190110
    2C2G—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A07612; wet when described;. contains numerous sea shells
    2C3G—130 to 145 centimeters (51.2 to 57.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy clay; 3 percent faint mottles; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A07613; wet when described;. occasional hornblende granite gravel and numerous sea shells