IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pickett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002WA055006
  • User Pedon ID: S2002WA055006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002WA055006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0240
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15070
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 48.6824989
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8483353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: Very SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: North slope of Mt. Constitution near summit, Orcas Island, WA
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA055—San Juan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48122-F7—Mount Constitution, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Andic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pickett
  • PSC - 30 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Constitution
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from volcanic and sedimentary rock
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    PSME

    TSHE

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

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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

    70

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    579

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    360

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 03N01213
    A—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; ; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01213
    Bw1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; ashy sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01214
    Bw2—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist; ashy sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; ; 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.
    R—99 centimeters (39.0 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.