IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cusick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977WA051013
  • User Pedon ID: S1977WA051013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977WA051013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45173
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 48.3329124
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3235855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 43E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 1500 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA051—Pend Oreille
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • 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 Mollic Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cusick
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/2016
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cusick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1977
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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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    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

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00861
    Ap2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00862
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; thick gray (10YR 5/1), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00863. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314606; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314606
    Bt2—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; thick dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00864. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314607; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314607
    BCt—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silty clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; thick dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00865. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314608; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314608
    C—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silty clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromcresol purple. Lab sample # 78P00866