IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Inspiration
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006WA007102
  • User Pedon ID: S2006WA007102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0315
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19766
  • 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: 48.3938446
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8331833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 2
  • Location Description: On McGregor trail before switchbacks, west of trail, NE of Lake approximately 200'
  • Map Unit: 6505—Farway-Lyall-Inspiration complex, 5 to 65 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA007—Chelan
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA774—North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48120-D7—McGregor Mountain, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Crystal Briggs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal over loamy-skeletal, glassy over isotic, frigid Humic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Inspiration
  • PSC - 3 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Inspiration
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash mixed with reworked glacial drift and colluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: Debris Apron mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 30.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter mixed, 30.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    3—40

    3—72

    26—102

    102—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/8/2006

    6/8/2006

    15

    50

    —

    —

    12

    10
    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

    27

    —

    —

    716

    —

    220

    1041

    —

    —

    6.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A1—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. S08WA-007-003-01
    A2—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly ashy fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. S08WA-007-003-02
    Bw1—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; ashy very gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. S08WA-007-003-03
    Bw2—40 to 72 centimeters (15.7 to 28.3 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small. S08WA-007-003-04; Bright horizons
    Bw3—72 to 102 centimeters (28.3 to 40.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; extremely gravelly ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small. Lighter in color comparatively; S08WA-007-003-05
    BC—102 centimeters (40.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments.; observed in pit, small. S08WA-007-003-06