IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cusick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977WA051012
  • User Pedon ID: S1977WA051012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977WA051012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45172
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 48.3812447
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3263626
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 43E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W and 200 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA051—Pend Oreille
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA651—Pend Oreille County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Norman Donaldson. Gerry Richard and Don Barron
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Aquic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cusick (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 18 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/2016
  • Classifier - Brian Gradner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cusick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1977
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: micaceous glacial lacustrine sediments
  • Landform: lake basin floor
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CAREX

    PHAR3

    PHLEU

    Carex

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Phleum

    sedge

    reed canarygrass

    timothy

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    cambic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—18

    18—43

    43—94

    147—

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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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    623

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00856
    Bt1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; thick gray (10YR 5/1), dry, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00857. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314604; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314604
    Bt2—43 to 94 centimeters (16.9 to 37.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; thick dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00858. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314605; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314605
    C1—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silty clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00859
    2C2—147 to 185 centimeters (57.9 to 72.8 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 78P00860