IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Myerscreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993WA047009
  • User Pedon ID: S1993WA047009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993WA047009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66234
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 48.8097229
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1033325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet east and 900 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA749—Okanogan National Forest Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48119-G1—Mount Bonaparte, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BJD, RJR, and DWG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Vitrandic Cryochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Myerscreek
  • PSC - 61 to 137 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Myerscreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Andic Cryoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 781-92
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABLA2

    ARUV

    CARU

    LAOC

    LIBOL

    PICO

    PIEN

    SYAL

    VASC

    Abronia latifolia

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Larix occidentalis

    Linnaea borealis var. longiflora

    Pinus contorta

    Picea engelmannii

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Vaccinium scoparium

    coastal sand verbena

    kinnikinnick

    pinegrass

    western larch

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    lodgepole pine

    Engelmann spruce

    common snowberry

    grouse whortleberry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—3

    3—10

    10—33

    61—137

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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

    43

    46

    30.5

    1533

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    224

    762

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00287
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; strongly fluid; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P00288
    A—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; strongly fluid; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00289
    Bw—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; strongly fluid; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00290
    2EB—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00291
    2Bt\Ed—66 to 117 centimeters (26.0 to 46.1 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 40 percent gray (10YR 6/1), 60 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; distinct skeletans on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00292. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179059; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179059
    3Bt\Ed—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); 75 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1), 75 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; distinct skeletans on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00293. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179060; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179060
    3Cd—142 to 208 centimeters (55.9 to 81.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 94P00294