IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELWHA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978WA009005
  • User Pedon ID: S1978WA009005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978WA009005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46287
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.0234070
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2607117
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 1000 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA009—Clallam
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA609—Clallam County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Oliver Chadwick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ELWHA
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elwha
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1978 (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

    ALRU2

    GASH

    HODI

    POMU

    PSEUD7

    PTAQ

    THPL

    TSHE

    VAPA

    Alnus rubra

    Gaultheria shallon

    Holodiscus discolor

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    red alder

    salal

    oceanspray

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    western brackenfern

    western redcedar

    western hemlock

    red huckleberry

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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

    35

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); muck; fragments.
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); muck; fragments.
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; mottles; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol purple; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00548
    B21—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol purple; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00549
    B22—35 to 66 centimeters (13.8 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; yellow (10YR 7/6) and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00550
    B3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; yellow (10YR 7/6) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00551
    Cr1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00552
    Cr2—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromcresol purple.