IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marble
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001WA063008
  • User Pedon ID: S2001WA063008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001WA063008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14669
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 47.8007469
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3270874
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27 N
  • Range: 43 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: about 410 feet south and 400 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3121—Marble loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA063—Spokane
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-G3—Mead, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eva Muller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, mesic Lamellic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marble
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marble
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits and/or eolian sands
  • Landform: outwash terrace, dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Missoula Flood Deposits formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Ponderosa pine/Wheatgrass 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 - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACMI2

    ARUV

    ASTER

    FRAGA

    LUPIN

    PIPO

    Achillea millefolium

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Aster

    Fragaria

    Lupinus

    Pinus ponderosa

    common yarrow

    kinnikinnick

    aster

    strawberry

    lupine

    ponderosa pine

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

    lamellae

    ochric epipedon

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    3—13

    —5—

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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

    10

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    579

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    120

    457

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    115

    8

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    9

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); low excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in cut
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots and 8.0 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 8.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E—13 to 48 centimeters (5.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt1(E)—48 to 102 centimeters (18.9 to 40.2 inches); variegated coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog.; observed in cut
    E&Bt1(B)—48 to 102 centimeters (18.9 to 40.2 inches); variegated coarse sand; massive; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt2(E)—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); variegated coarse sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.; observed in cut
    E&Bt2(B)—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); variegated coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt3(B)—157 to 175 centimeters (61.8 to 68.9 inches); variegated coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog.; observed in cut
    E&Bt3(E)—157 to 175 centimeters (61.8 to 68.9 inches); variegated coarse sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog.; observed in cut