IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountwow

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2011WA041505

User Pedon ID: S2011WA041505

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N0614

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72929

Print Date: 11/24/2024

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: 46.7566681

Std. Longitude: -121.7255554

Datum: WGS84

Township: 15 N

Range: 9 E

Section: 30

PLSS Details: 195m north and 245m east of the southwest corner

Location Description: 11-PHR-062 Tatoosh Range, Pit located ESE of the Castle, high subalpine meadows, observation from a stream cut bank

State: Washington

County: WA041—Lewis

MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA754—Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46121-G6—Mt Rainier East, Washington

PEDON

Describers Name: Phil Roberts

Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic, acid Thaptic Cryaquands

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Mountwow

PSC - 0 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/4/2014

Classifier - Toby Rodgers

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Medial, amorphic Humic Vitricryands

Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic Humic Vitricryands

Taxon Kind - family

PSC - 0 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/21/2011

Classifier - Philip Roberts

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: volcanic ash and alluvium

Landscape: mountains

Landform: cirque floor

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/21/2011 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Air Temp - 15

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
andic soil properties volcanic glass umbric epipedon lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity aquic conditions redox concentrations lithologic discontinuity	0—100 0—100 0—25 5—5 13—13 17—17 22—22 45—54 45—54 54—54	—100— —100— —25— —- —- —- —- —9— —9— —-

Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date	Depth	Sensor Kind	Temperature
	cm		C
9/21/2011 9/21/2011	15 50	— —	5 4

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
25	—	—	1870	—	155	2870	—	45	3.3	—	—	2.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; medial loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Ab—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Bwb—11 to 13 centimeters (4.3 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

3Cb—13 to 17 centimeters (5.1 to 6.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

4Ab—17 to 20 centimeters (6.7 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

4Bwb—20 to 22 centimeters (7.9 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

5Ab—22 to 45 centimeters (8.7 to 17.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02927; moist when described; observed in pit, small

5Bwb—45 to 54 centimeters (17.7 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; medial sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 4 percent clay; fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02928; moist when described; observed in pit, small

6Ab—54 to 75 centimeters (21.3 to 29.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 50 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small