IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coxit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WA047006
  • User Pedon ID: S1994WA047006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994WA047006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66542
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 48.6094437
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8375015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .75 miles east of Muckamuck, MT. 5.5 miles northwest of Conconully. Buck Horn Creek.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA749—Okanogan National Forest Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48119-E7—Conconully West, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RJR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coxit
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coxit
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Vitrandic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1993
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 681-163
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACMI

    ARCO

    CARU

    LAOC

    LUSE

    NIAL

    PSME

    Acacia millefolia

    Arabis cobrensis

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Larix occidentalis

    Luina serpentina

    Nicotiana alata

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    milfoil wattle

    sagebrush rockcress

    pinegrass

    western larch

    creeping silverback

    jasmine tobacco

    Douglas-fir

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—86

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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

    30

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    1554

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    115

    635

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—6 to 21 centimeters (2.4 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw1—21 to 61 centimeters (8.3 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02222
    Bw2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    C1—89 to 125 centimeters (35.0 to 49.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    C2—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified.