IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MELBOURNE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972WA041004
  • User Pedon ID: S1972WA041004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44001
  • Print Date: 5/1/2025

    • 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: 46.5525742
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2123413
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 700 feet south of the center
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA041—Lewis
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA641—Lewis County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MELBOURNE
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1972 (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
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1CN—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00404
    A3CN—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00405
    B21T—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00406
    B22T—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00407
    B23T—79 to 106 centimeters (31.1 to 41.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00408
    B24T—106 to 137 centimeters (41.7 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00409
    B3—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00410
    C—163 to 190 centimeters (64.2 to 74.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 72C00411