IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VAY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003WA063001
  • User Pedon ID: S2003WA063001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003WA063001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0924
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15632
  • 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: 47.8794441
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0894470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2500' S. AND 500' E. OF NW corner
  • Location Description: 100 YARDS EAST OF THE QUARTZ PEAK SNOTEL SITE, SPOKANE COUNTY
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA063—Spokane
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic, frigid Humic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VAY
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VAY
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over colluvium derived from granite
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent granite at 102cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    ABGR

    ABLA

    CLUN2

    LAOC

    PIEN

    XETE

    Abies grandis

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Clintonia uniflora

    Larix occidentalis

    Picea engelmannii

    Xerophyllum tenax

    grand fir

    subalpine fir

    bride's bonnet

    western larch

    Engelmann spruce

    common beargrass

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

    bedrock, lithic

    moderately coherent

    102 - 152

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

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    5—38

    5—61

    38—61

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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

    30

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    1463

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    270

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    707

    Quartz Peak

    SNOTEL
    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04760; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04761; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04762; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04763; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2BC—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04764; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04765; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cr—109 to 134 centimeters (42.9 to 52.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small