IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saydab
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04-RPM-03
  • User Pedon ID: S2004WA037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04-RPM-03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17148
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.2894440
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4536133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet east and 1000 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: GROUSE SNOTEL SITE, KITTITAS COUNTY WA. 100YARDS NORTH OF SNOTEL SHED
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA637—Kittitas County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ron Myhrum
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, mixed Aquic Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saydab
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal, mixed Aquic Vitricryands
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and colluvium and residuum from basalt
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated basalt at 114cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/2004 (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

    CEVE

    LAOC

    LUPIN

    PSME

    Abies grandis

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Ceanothus velutinus

    Larix occidentalis

    Lupinus

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    grand fir

    subalpine fir

    snowbrush ceanothus

    western larch

    lupine

    Douglas-fir

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    114 - 124

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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

    2

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    1646

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    180

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    507

    Grouse Camp

    SNOTEL
    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, dry; ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak 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 interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00141; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00142; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; gravelly ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00143; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; extremely cobbly ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots in cracks; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00144; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00145; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw3—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly ashy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00146; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw4—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments. Lab sample # 05N00147; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small