IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MELBOURNE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972WA041005
  • User Pedon ID: S1972WA041005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44002
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 46.7553520
  • Std. Longitude: -123.0503998
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet east and 800 feet south of the west 1/4 corner
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MELBOURNE
  • PSC - 51 to 101 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
    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

    A1CN—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00412
    A3CN—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00413
    B1TCN—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00414
    B21T—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 80 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00415
    B22T—89 to 148 centimeters (35.0 to 58.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) rubbed, dry; silty clay; moderate 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; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00416
    B3—148 to 200 centimeters (58.3 to 78.7 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed, 70 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) rubbed, dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 72C00417