IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chinkmin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980WA037005
  • User Pedon ID: S1980WA037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980WA037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48170
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 47.4187050
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4106369
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet N and 1700 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA637—Kittitas County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chinkmin
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till basin
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1978 (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

    ABAM

    PSME

    TSHE

    Abies amabilis

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Pacific silver fir

    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

    5

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    914

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); muck; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    O2—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); muck; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A2—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loamy sand; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2B21hir—14 to 21 centimeters (5.5 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02111
    2B21hir—21 to 29 centimeters (8.3 to 11.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02112
    2B22ir—29 to 42 centimeters (11.4 to 16.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02113
    2C1—42 to 85 centimeters (16.5 to 33.5 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; hard, friable; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.
    Cr—85 to 85 centimeters (33.5 to 33.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; firm; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green.