IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): QUILLAYUTE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WA009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WA009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958WA009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0983
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34042
  • 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: 47.9677773
  • Std. Longitude: -124.5036087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1-3/4 miles east of Quillayute School and 75 feet southwest of logging railroad crossing over private road in the NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Located at a point 6 miles west of Forks, Washington. Clallam County, Washington
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA009—Clallam
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA609—Clallam County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - QUILLAYUTE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    PTERI

    Pteridium

    brackenfern

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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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    30

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    3048

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    10

    15

    3.3

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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A07365. fern roots up to 1/2 inch in diameter numerous
    A12—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A07366
    A31—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07367
    A32—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07368. similar to above, but 1/4 to 1/2 unit higher in value
    C1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07369. numerous krotovinas; patchy - phpvsfiid 190052; patchy - phpvsfiid 190052
    C2—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07370. colloidal staining on fractures and in pores; mottles on fracture surfaces and in some root channels; numerous krotovinas
    C3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07371. very similar to above, but fractures range from 3 to 12 inches apart; occasional gravel 1/4 inches in diameter
    C4—203 to 244 centimeters (79.9 to 96.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07372. mottles in root channels; few krotovinas