IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nimue
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979WA053002
  • User Pedon ID: S1979WA053002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979WA053002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0315
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47048
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.0833321
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet S and 396 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA053—Pierce
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA634—Snoqualmie Pass Area, Washington (Parts of King and Pierce Counties)

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nimue
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and pumice overlying residuum and colluvium
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1979 (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

    2MOSS

    ABAM

    ABPR

    GAYLU

    NOLIN

    PSEUD7

    TSHE

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    Abies amabilis

    Abies procera

    Gaylussacia

    Nolina

    Pseudotsuga

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Moss

    Pacific silver fir

    noble fir

    huckleberry

    beargrass

    Douglas-fir

    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

    55

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    1350

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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); muck; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A2—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01644
    B21—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loamy sand; moderate fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume cinders fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01645
    B22hir—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume cinders fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01646
    B23ir—27 to 55 centimeters (10.6 to 21.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 30 percent by volume angular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01647
    B3ir—55 to 75 centimeters (21.7 to 29.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 70 percent by volume angular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01648
    2C1—75 to 156 centimeters (29.5 to 61.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; extremely gravelly loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent by volume angular 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 79P01649