IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Littletahoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011WA053509
  • User Pedon ID: S2011WA053509
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011WA053509
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0627
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72982
  • 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: 46.8888960
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7050820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 9 E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 480m north and 540m west of SE corner
  • Location Description: Mount Rainier National Park. Glacier Basin at end of trail past Glacier Basin Camp, below Camp Schurman.
  • 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-H6—Sunrise, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Toby Rodgers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy Humic Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Littletahoma
  • PSC - 0 to 100 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 - Pachic Fulvicryand
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic Pachic Fulvicryands
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2012
  • Classifier - Toby Rodgers
  • 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/or colluvium derived from andesite
  • Landscape: mountain range
  • Landform: cirque
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter andesite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 15
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABLA

    CHNO

    SOSIS2

    CAPA26

    PHDI3

    VASI

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

    Sorbus sitchensis var. sitchensis

    Castilleja parviflora

    Phlox diffusa

    Valeriana sitchensis

    subalpine fir

    Alaska cedar

    Sitka mountain ash

    mountain Indian paintbrush

    spreading phlox

    Sitka valerian

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    0—90

    0—105

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    —105—
    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

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    1860

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    130

    2921

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    60

    1.7

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    1

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    A1—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine low-continuity interstitial and common (3.0) fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02963; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—21 to 44 centimeters (8.3 to 17.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine low-continuity interstitial and common (3.0) fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02964; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—44 to 65 centimeters (17.3 to 25.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; gravelly medial fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and common (3.0) fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-51-75 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02965; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A4—65 to 90 centimeters (25.6 to 35.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; gravelly medial fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and common (3.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-51-75 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02966; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—90 to 150 centimeters (35.4 to 59.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; cobbly medial fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds and few (0.8) fine roots between peds; common (3.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and common (3.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-51-75 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 13N02967; moist when described; observed in pit, small