IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longmire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011WA053506
  • User Pedon ID: S2011WA053506
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0624
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69681
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.7425003
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8861084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15 N
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 735m north and 735m west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 11-PHR-054 near Nisqually entrance, north of road and east of tahoma creek. Pit was described with PHR/TMR/KES/CN
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA053—Pierce
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA754—Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46121-F8—Sawtooth Ridge, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Phil Roberts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, amorphic 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 - Longmire
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/2014
  • Classifier - Toby Rodgers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashy-skeletal, amorphic, frigid Vitric Hapludands
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal, amorphic, frigid Vitric Hapludands
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2011
  • 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 volcanic ash and colluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: glacial-valley wall
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat indurated 75- to 250-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/2011 (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 - 20
    • 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

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    2—5

    2—5

    2—150

    2—150

    44—150

    44—44

    —18—

    —3—

    —3—

    —148—

    —148—

    —106—

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

    8/25/2011

    8/25/2011

    15

    50

    —

    —

    14

    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

    62

    —

    —

    730

    —

    210

    2007

    —

    75

    7.2

    —

    —

    6.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 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 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly ashy loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02950; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—16 to 44 centimeters (6.3 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly ashy loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02950; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw3—44 to 74 centimeters (17.3 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02952; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw4—74 to 103 centimeters (29.1 to 40.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 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 75-152-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02953; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw5—103 to 150 centimeters (40.6 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium 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 and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-152-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-51-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 13N02954; moist when described; observed in pit, small