IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Owyhigh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011WA041506
  • User Pedon ID: S2011WA041506
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0615
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69446
  • 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: 46.7572212
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7205582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15 N
  • Range: 9 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 270m north and 150m west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 11-PHR-063 Tatoosh range, on ridge East of the castle
  • 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, glassy Andic Haplocryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Owyhigh
  • PSC - 39 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2014
  • Classifier - Toby Rodgers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medial, amorphic Andic Haplocryods
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic Andic Haplocryods
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 39 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/2011
  • Classifier - Philip Roberts
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: saddle
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated igneous, unspecified at 56cm
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed, 10.00 percent nonflat indurated 600- to 800-millimeter mixed, 5.00 percent nonflat indurated 75- to 250-millimeter mixed,
  • 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 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 19
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    andic soil properties

    volcanic glass

    spodic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    14—32

    14—32

    14—56

    14—56

    32—56

    56—56

    —18—

    —18—

    —18—

    —42—

    —42—

    —24—

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

    9/21/2011

    9/21/2011

    15

    50

    —

    —

    8

    6
    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

    53

    —

    —

    1845

    —

    210

    2921

    —

    45

    3.3

    —

    —

    2.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—14 to 32 centimeters (5.5 to 12.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; medial loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02929; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—32 to 45 centimeters (12.6 to 17.7 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), 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; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02930; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—45 to 52 centimeters (17.7 to 20.5 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; medial sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 3 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 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—52 to 56 centimeters (20.5 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; cobbly medial loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-432-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-152-250 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small