IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WYECREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998WA009002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998WA009002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998WA009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0533
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10803
  • 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: 48.0800018
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1205521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 20
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA009—Clallam
  • 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)
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48124-A1—Snider Peak, Washington
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, ferrihydritic, frigid Vitric Hapludands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WYECREEK
  • PSC - 0 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wyecreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, ferrihydritic, frigid Vitric Hapl
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered basalt with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 389-25
  • 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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BENE

    GASH

    POMU

    TSHE

    VAPA

    VIOLA

    Berberis nevinii

    Gaultheria shallon

    Polystichum munitum

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    Viola

    salal

    western swordfern

    western hemlock

    red huckleberry

    violet

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    0—0

    0—96

    8—76

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    79

    811

    165

    2464

    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03087
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03088
    Bw1—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03089
    Bw2—31 to 53 centimeters (12.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03090
    Bw3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03091
    C—81 to 101 centimeters (31.9 to 39.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 80 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03092
    R—101 to 126 centimeters (39.8 to 49.6 inches); fragments.