IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yamash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04-RPM-04
  • User Pedon ID: S2004WA077001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04-RPM-04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17149
  • 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: 46.3577766
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0808334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet WEst and 1000 feet south of the NE corner
  • Location Description: LOST HORSE SNOTEL SITE, YAKIMA COUNTY WA. 50 YARDS NORTH OF SNOTEL SHED
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA077—Yakima
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA676—Yakama Nation Closed Area, Washington, Parts of Klickitat and Yakima Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ron Myhrum
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Lithic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Yamash
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitedeer
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Andic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and colluvium from basalt
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated basalt at 48cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2004 (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

    48 - 58

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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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    1555

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    599

    Lost Horse

    SNOTEL
    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 05N00148; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00148; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00149; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very cobbly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots in cracks; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-20-76 millimeter basalt fragments and 40 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00150; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small