IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GETCHELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA073003
  • User Pedon ID: S1984WA073003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0690
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54934
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 48.7722206
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2722244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet S and 1400 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 4 miles SW 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

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Getchell
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial Typic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash, colluivium and glacial till
  • 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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    60

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); muck; fragments.
    Oa—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); muck; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments. Lab sample # 84P03816
    E—13 to 16 centimeters (5.1 to 6.3 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), gray (7.5YR 6/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03814
    Bhs—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry, and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, organic stains; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03815
    Bs—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03816
    Bc—43 to 104 centimeters (16.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.
    Cr—104 to 165 centimeters (40.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green.