IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ASTORIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WA027005
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WA027005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WA027005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5546
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42789
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.9475708
  • Std. Longitude: -123.5809708
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SE corner of SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 5 miles southwest of Montesano, take Wyerhauseres Melbourne-Wickswood skyline road for 3.2 miles to orange colored growth plot stake south side of road; open pit is 100 feet southwest of stake.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA027—Grays Harbor

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl McMurphy
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ASTORIA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ECY IT-98
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    TSUGA

    Tsuga

    hemlock

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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

    20

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    122

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    45

    2159

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    10

    15.6

    3.9

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 coarse vesicular pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films; 8 percent ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41644. soft shot-like concretions
    A12—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular and 21.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41645. soft shot-like concretions
    A3—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41646
    B1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41647. smooth cutans
    B21—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41648. smooth cutans, probably pressure contacts on ped faces
    B22—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41649. medium continuous pressure films on ped faces
    B3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41650. few highly weathered angular sandstone fragments; smooth cutans, probably pressure contacts on ped faces
    C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 40A41651. few highly weathered angular sandstone fragments; smooth cutans, probably pressure contacts on ped faces