IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Marble
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2008WA063004
User Pedon ID:
S2008WA063004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Pedon # -
09N0249
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24029
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:
47.6449814
Std. Longitude:
-117.4446793
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
25N
Range:
42E
Section:
24
PLSS Details:
820 ft N and 2310 ft E of the southwest corner
Location Description:
Within the City of Spokane, near Hangman Cr.
State:
Washington
County:
WA063—Spokane
MLRA:
9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
WA063—Spokane County, Washington
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
47117-F4—Spokane NW, Washington
PEDON
Describers Name:
Kyle Stephens
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Entic Ultic Haploxerolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Marble
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/23/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Marble
Classificaton Date -
8/20/2008
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
minor amounts of volcanic ash mixed with loess over sandy glaciofluvial deposits
Landform:
outwash plain
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
Other Vegetative Class:
CN140 - ponderosa pine/Idaho fescue—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/20/2008 (actual site observation date)
Plant Association Name:
PIPO/SYAL or FEID
Surface Cover Properties:
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
mollic epipedon
0—30
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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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542.5
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Apu—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; ashy loam; 50 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume irregular angular 2-11-19 millimeter glass; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in trench
AB—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in trench
E and Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 87 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 4 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 6.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 6.0 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2 percent lamellae (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in trench
E and Bt2—56 to 117 centimeters (22.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent lamina (volume percent); noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in trench
2Bq—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); variegated fine gravelly coarse sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent distinct silica coats on bottom of rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent.; slightly moist when described; observed in trench