IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROCHE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956WA055007
  • User Pedon ID: S1956WA055007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956WA055007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0980
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34039
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 48.5744438
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0847244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SE NE
  • Location Description: about 3-1/2 miles northwest of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island
  • 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ROCHE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1956 (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

    ALNUS

    SALIX

    Alnus

    Salix

    alder

    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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    5664

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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 # 40A07345; wet when described;. organic litter composed of loose needles and leaves and partially decomposed litter in the lower half; the sample contains AO horizon primarily
    B2IR—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07346; wet when described;. few fine gravels
    A'2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07347; wet when described;. occasional small lumps of B2ir and B2t
    A'2/B'2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive, and weak platy; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07348; wet when described;. mottled area are slightly finer textured than surrounding areas; patchy - phpvsfiid 190097; patchy - phpvsfiid 190097
    C'1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) sandy clay loam; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive, and weak platy; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07349; wet when described;. mottles are mostly in a horizontal pattern
    C'2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; 1 percent medium distinct mottles; massive, and weak platy; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A07350; wet when described;. streaks of 5Y 5/2