IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEKAPEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA073002
  • User Pedon ID: S1984WA073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0689
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54933
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 48.7799988
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1452789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet N and 2400 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 2 miles SE of Van Zandt
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA073—Whatcom
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA673—Whatcom County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DEKAPEN
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2004
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cupples
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash, loess and glacial till derived from sandstone
  • Landform: plateau
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); muck; fragments.
    Oa—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); muck; 21.0 medium roots; fragments.
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-2 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented ?-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03812
    Bhs—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine irregular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03813
    Bs1—23 to 49 centimeters (9.1 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Bs2—49 to 64 centimeters (19.3 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 medium irregular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    C—64 to 82 centimeters (25.2 to 32.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine and medium irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Cr—82 to 155 centimeters (32.3 to 61.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red.