IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rugles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978WA053001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978WA053001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978WA053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46202
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet N off St. Regis Rd (private) 0501, in the SW1/4, NW1/4
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA053—Pierce
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA653—Pierce County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Culer, L. Jarros and J. Mitchell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, frigid Andic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rugles
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, frigid Andic Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: pro glacial lacustrine sediments
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1978 (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

    ACCI

    ALRU2

    CIRSI

    OPHO

    PISI

    POBAT

    PSEUD7

    THPL

    TSHE

    Acer circinatum

    Alnus rubra

    Cirsium

    Oplopanax horridus

    Picea sitchensis

    Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

    Pseudotsuga

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    vine maple

    red alder

    thistle

    devilsclub

    Sitka spruce

    black cottonwood

    Douglas-fir

    western redcedar

    western 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

    10

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    543

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00053
    A3—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00054
    B21—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00055
    B22—41 to 81 centimeters (16.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00056
    B23—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00057
    B3—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent thin clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00058
    C—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent thin clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 79P00059