IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Halfoss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993WA031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993WA031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66265
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 47.7891655
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9038925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: northwest 1/4
  • Location Description: Mt. Walker.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA031—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA632—Olympic National Forest Area, Washington (Parts of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Mason Counties)

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Coleman/Sasich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Halfoss
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Halfoss
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Andic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: mixed-igneous and metamorphic
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1082-242
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    67

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    829

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    37

    1448

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00628
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00629
    A—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00630
    Bw—21 to 48 centimeters (8.3 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00631
    BC—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P00632
    R—86 to 108 centimeters (33.9 to 42.5 inches); mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments. Lab sample # 94P00633