IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boulderjud
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000WA063005
  • User Pedon ID: S2000WA063005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000WA063005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13086
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024
  • 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: 47.8775940
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1047516
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: About 1640 feet east and 1650 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About .25 miles east of Deadman Creek and .5 mile northwest of Round Top Mountain on state logging road.
  • Map Unit: 5103—Boulderjud ashy silt loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA063—Spokane
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-G1—Newman Lake, Washington
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sue Murphy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over mixed, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boulderjud
  • PSC - 8 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boulderjud
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over weathered granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent moderate weathered granite at 130cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Mount Spokane Granitics formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10S
  • Plant Association Name: TSHE/ASCA Habitat Type
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 20
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TSHE

    PIMO3

    ABGR

    PSME

    LAOC

    ACGL

    SORBU

    ASCA2

    CLUN2

    COOC

    MAST4

    ANPI

    TITRU

    VIOR

    ADBI

    CHUM

    OSCL

    PYROL

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Pinus monticola

    Abies grandis

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Larix occidentalis

    Acer glabrum

    Sorbus

    Asarum caudatum

    Clintonia uniflora

    Coptis occidentalis

    Maianthemum stellatum

    Anemone piperi

    Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

    Viola orbiculata

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Osmorhiza claytonii

    Pyrola

    western hemlock

    western white pine

    grand fir

    Douglas-fir

    western larch

    Rocky Mountain maple

    mountain ash

    British Columbia wildginger

    bride's bonnet

    Idaho goldthread

    starry false lily of the valley

    Piper's anemone

    oneleaf foamflower

    darkwoods violet

    American trailplant

    pipsissewa

    Clayton's sweetroot

    wintergreen

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

    weakly coherent

    strongly coherent

    130 - 203

    203 -

    - 73 -

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

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    8—48

    23—84

    36—40—51

    51—61—71

    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

    50

    1098

    200

    889

    75

    7

    7

    9

    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in cut. slightly decomposed needs and twigs
    Oe—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in cut. moderately well decomposed organic matter
    A—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 8.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    Bw1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 8.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    2Bw2—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 5-20-75 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut. patchy - phpvsfiid 20561; patchy - phpvsfiid 20561
    2Bw3—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 5-20-75 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary.; observed in cut. patchy - phpvsfiid 20562; patchy - phpvsfiid 20562
    2BC—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary.; observed in cut
    2C—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) crushed, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) broken face, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; ; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 5-20-75 millimeter granite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-4 millimeter granite fragments; 15 percent of co mica flakes; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary.; observed in cut
    2Cr—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); weakly coherent; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, hellige-truog.; observed in cut