IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burroughs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011WA053510
  • User Pedon ID: S2011WA053510
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011WA053510
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0628
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72883
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.8628810
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5149320
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 10 E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 780m north and 510m west of SE corner
  • Location Description: Mount Rainier National Park. Ridge running west off of Naches Peak and south of Tipsoo Lake. Naches Loop Trail from Highway 410.
  • 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-G5—Chinook Pass, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Toby Rodgers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic 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 - Burroughs
  • PSC - 0 to 82 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 - Typic Fulvicryand
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial over loamy, amorphic over isotic Typic Fulvicryands
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • PSC - 0 to 82 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 over colluvium derived from andesite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • 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 moderate weathered andesite at 82cm with 45 to <100
  • Geology: Ohanapecosh formation.
  • 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 - 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 - 20
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABLA

    TSME

    VADE

    LUAR2

    VASI

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Tsuga mertensiana

    Vaccinium deliciosum

    Lupinus arcticus

    Valeriana sitchensis

    subalpine fir

    mountain hemlock

    Cascade bilberry

    arctic lupine

    Sitka valerian

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    82 - 150

    - 68 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    lithic contact

    0—34

    0—68

    82—150

    —34—

    —68—

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

    9/21/2011

    9/21/2011

    10

    50

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    8.1

    5.6
    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

    30

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    1732

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    280

    1905

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    60

    2.8

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    2

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; medial sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.8) coarse 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 2-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02968; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 34 centimeters (3.9 to 13.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and few (0.8) 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 2-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02969; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—34 to 68 centimeters (13.4 to 26.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; medial fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very 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 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02970; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—68 to 82 centimeters (26.8 to 32.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; gravelly loam; 50 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 10 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very 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 subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-51-75 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02971; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—82 to 150 centimeters (32.3 to 59.1 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small