IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragged
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007WA073103
  • User Pedon ID: S2007WA073103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0318
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19769
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.7776489
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0649185
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 14
  • Location Description: Behind Big Beaver Horse Camp on footslope of Pumpkin Mountain, upslope from 07-TMR-017.
  • Map Unit: 7015—Thorton-Ragged-Benzarino complex, 35 to 100 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA073—Whatcom
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA774—North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48121-G1—Pumpkin Mountain, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Crystal Briggs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Dystrudepts
  • 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 - Ragged
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragged
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium mixed with volcanic ash
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: Debris Apron mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter mixed, 1.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/2007 (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
  • Current Air Temp - 22
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    11—100

    11—18

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

    7/13/2007

    7/13/2007

    15

    50

    —

    —

    15

    13
    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

    40

    —

    —

    512

    —

    190

    1346

    —

    —

    7.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) extremely gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium 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 and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume 5-50-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Sample # S08WA-073-001-01
    Bw2—23 to 67 centimeters (9.1 to 26.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 8.0 coarse 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; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Sample # S08WA-073-001-02; Bw2 seems to have the strongest Andic expression, based on color and texture
    Bw3—67 to 100 centimeters (26.4 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly ashy loamy sand; 83 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 4 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; 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. Sample # S08WA-073-001-03