IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OSO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974WA061003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974WA061003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974WA061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44805
  • 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: 48.1674995
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8869476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet west and 250 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 7 miles NE of Granite falls on the Scott Paper Company Tree Farm.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA061—Snohomish
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA661—Snohomish County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hartman, Richards, and Rasmussen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - OSO
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ALNUS

    TSUGA

    Alnus

    Tsuga

    alder

    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

    3

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    610

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    135

    1905

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    6.7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00314. 10 percent rounded pebbles
    B21IR—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00315. 10 percent pebbles
    B22IR—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00316. 10 percent pebbles
    B31—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00317. 10 percent pebbles; occasional waterworn cobble; dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) coatings in cracks
    B32—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00318. many fine and medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 3/3) strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) coatings in old root channels; 10 percent pebbles; occasional cobble
    B33—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00319. roots are matted on top of duripan; 10 percent pebbles; occasional rounded cobble
    C1SIM—91 to 101 centimeters (35.8 to 39.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and pale olive (5Y 6/3), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00320. weakly cemented duripan; 10 percent pebbles and few cobbles imbedded in pan
    C2SIM—101 to 201 centimeters (39.8 to 79.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 74C00321. same as C1sim