IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CUSTER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974WA061006
  • User Pedon ID: S1974WA061006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44808
  • 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: 48.1180573
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1783371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1312 feet east and 1813 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 3 and 1/2 miles north of Marysville on Old Highway 99.
  • 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CUSTER
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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
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    26

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00336
    B21IR—23 to 50 centimeters (9.1 to 19.7 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 74C00337. approximately 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4 and 3/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) orstein concretions ranging from 1/4 to 2 inches in diameter, yellowish red (5YR 5/8 and 5/6) when dry; slightly hard matrix and extremely hard orstein, friable matrix and very firm orstein
    B22IR—50 to 89 centimeters (19.7 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive (5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sand; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00338. approximately 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) orstein concretions ranging from 1/8 to 2 inches in diameter; slightly hard matrix and extremely hard orstein, very friable matrix and very firm orstein
    C1G—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); gray (N 5/0), olive gray (5Y 5/2) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; sand; 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00339
    2C2G—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), gray (5Y 6/1) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00340. 25 percent gravel less than 3/4 inch in diameter