IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kulshan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA073004
  • User Pedon ID: S1984WA073004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0691
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54935
  • 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: 48.8284225
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0384674
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet S and 2500 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 7miles SW of Glacier
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kulshan
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial Humic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash, loess and colluvium
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); muck; fragments.
    Oa—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); muck; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments.
    E—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03817
    Bhs1—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 60 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry, organic stains; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P03818
    Bhs2—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry, organic stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03819
    Bs1—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), light red (2.5YR 6/6), dry; cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    Bs—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.
    R—94 to 100 centimeters (37.0 to 39.4 inches); fragments.