IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoypus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002WA055009
  • User Pedon ID: S2002WA055009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002WA055009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0243
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15073
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 48.5999985
  • Std. Longitude: -123.1558304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: White Point Drive, South of Quarry, Land owned by Susan Harris.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA055—San Juan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48123-E2—Roche Harbor, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoypus
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - White Point
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: galcial outwash
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/2002 (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

    ARME

    GASH

    MANEN

    PSME

    THPL

    Arbutus menziesii

    Gaultheria shallon

    Mahonia nervosa var. nervosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thuja plicata

    Pacific madrone

    salal

    cascade Oregongrape

    Douglas-fir

    western redcedar

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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

    18

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    24

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    220

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate very coarse granular, and moderate medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01220
    Bw2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; 4 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw3—56 to 122 centimeters (22.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; 3 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; ; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Cd—122 centimeters (48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments.