IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mitchellbay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002WA055008
  • User Pedon ID: S2002WA055008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002WA055008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15072
  • 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: 48.6722221
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9300003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Quarter mile south of Fowler Pond, west of Orcas Road, Orcas Island, Washington.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA055—San Juan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48122-F8—Eastsound, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mitchellbay
  • PSC - 53 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fowler
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: undifferentiated pleistocene glacial deposits
  • Landform: slope hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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

    DAGL

    ANOD

    Dactylis glomerata

    Anthoxanthum odoratum

    orchardgrass

    sweet vernalgrass

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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

    8

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    55

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    265

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01218
    Bw—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01219
    E—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine irregular pores; 3 percent medium and coarse very pale brown (10YR 7/3) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 3 percent medium and coarse faint iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Btg—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 21 percent medium and coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Cd—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments.