IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956WA055003
  • User Pedon ID: S1956WA055003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956WA055003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34073
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 48.4786873
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0195999
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: SE, SE
  • Location Description: 1 mile east of False Bay and 225 feet NE of road corner,
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BOW
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHAMA4

    SALIX

    Chamaecyparis

    Salix

    cedar

    willow

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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

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    584

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    8.9

    13.3

    4.4

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    O1&O2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07585; wet when described;. organic litter composed of loose fir needles and leaves and partly decomposed litter in the lower part
    B2IR—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07586; wet when described;
    A2&B2T—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly sandy clay loam; 1 percent fine faint mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07587; wet when described;
    B2T—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07588; wet when described;. structure breaks to strong coarse angular blocky, moderate to strong in the lower half; some A2 tonguing in the upper 3 inches; continuous - phpvsfiid 190105; continuous - phpvsfiid 190105
    B3T—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07589; wet when described;. olive gray (5Y 4/2) on inside of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 190106; continuous - phpvsfiid 190106
    C—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A07590; wet when described;