IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keystone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04-MPR-09
  • User Pedon ID: S2004WA057001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04-MPR-09
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16016
  • 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: 48.4846382
  • Std. Longitude: -122.6079407
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35 north
  • Range: 2 east
  • Section: 30
  • Location Description: 2 miles South of Anacortes, Skagit County, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA057—Skagit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Outlaw
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keystone
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/17/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial outwash
  • Landform: glacial outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/17/2004 (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

    THPL

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thuja plicata

    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

    0

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    98

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 5 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium irregular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04333; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium irregular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04334; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium irregular and 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04335; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loamy sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium irregular and 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 04N04336; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small