IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WILKESON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971WA053007
  • User Pedon ID: S1971WA053007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43910
  • Print Date: 2/19/2025

    • 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: 46.9469452
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1830521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1,700 feet east and 1,600 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA053—Pierce
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA653—Pierce County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WILKESON
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 47 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from basalt and/or residuum weathered from andesite
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00324
    B11—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; 45 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00325
    B12—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00326
    Bt21—47 to 68 centimeters (18.5 to 26.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00327. patchy - phpvsfiid 276929; patchy - phpvsfiid 276929
    Bt22—68 to 94 centimeters (26.8 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00328. patchy - phpvsfiid 276931; patchy - phpvsfiid 276931
    Bt23—94 to 126 centimeters (37.0 to 49.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; thick clay films on surfaces along pores and thick clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00329. patchy - phpvsfiid 276932; patchy - phpvsfiid 276933; patchy - phpvsfiid 276932; patchy - phpvsfiid 276933
    Bt24—126 to 145 centimeters (49.6 to 57.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 71C00330. continuous - phpvsfiid 276934; continuous - phpvsfiid 276934