IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SYCREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997WA047002
  • User Pedon ID: S1997WA047002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997WA047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10279
  • 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: 48.5977783
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2541656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet W and 400 feet South of North East corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA749—Okanogan National Forest Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RJR, BJD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SYCREEK
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 381-172
  • Plant Association Name: PSME/SYAL
  • 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

    PIPO

    POTR

    PSME

    ROSA

    SYAL

    SYOR

    Acacia millefolia

    Arabis cobrensis

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa tracyi

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Rorippa sarmentosa

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

    milfoil wattle

    sagebrush rockcress

    pinegrass

    ponderosa pine

    Tracy's bluegrass

    Douglas-fir

    longrunner

    common snowberry

    coralberry

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—107

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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

    15

    100

    50

    1097

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    158

    533

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00011. slightly decomposed organic material.
    A—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00012
    AB—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00013
    2Bt1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and on sand and gravel; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00014. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201217; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201217
    2Bt2—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P00015. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201219; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201219
    3BCtd—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 98P00016. Pockets of LS-GRV; Common 10YR 4/6 moist stains.