IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longmire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012WA053501
  • User Pedon ID: S2012WA053501
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012WA053501
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69804
  • 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: 46.7553200
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8807400
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 410m north and 435m east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: South of Longmire along HWY 706, near twins firs trail. Pit is located 65m above the road in a tree tip
  • 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-F7—Wahpenayo Peak, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Phil Roberts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic Andic Haplocryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Longmire
  • PSC - 63 to 138 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/2014
  • Classifier - Toby Rodgers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Andic Haplocryod
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic Andic Haplocryods
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • PSC - 63 to 138 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2012
  • 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 over colluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: glacial-valley wall
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/2012 (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 Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 5
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PSME

    TSHE

    THPL

    ABAM

    MANE2

    LIBO3

    CHUM

    COCA13

    VAPA

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Thuja plicata

    Abies amabilis

    Mahonia nervosa

    Linnaea borealis

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Cornus canadensis

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

    western redcedar

    Pacific silver fir

    Cascade barberry

    twinflower

    pipsissewa

    bunchberry dogwood

    red huckleberry

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

    folistic epipedon

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    andic soil properties

    volcanic glass

    spodic horizon

    spodic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    38—42

    38—42

    38—42

    38—94

    38—94

    42—52

    42—52

    94—

    —38—

    —4—

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    —4—

    —56—

    —56—

    —10—

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

    5/10/2012

    50

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    4.5
    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

    35

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    830

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    102

    2057

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    45

    7.2

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    6.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02978; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe1—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.8) coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02979; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe2—14 to 38 centimeters (5.5 to 15.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) very coarse roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.8) coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—38 to 42 centimeters (15.0 to 16.5 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) crushed, gray (7.5YR 6/1) crushed, dry; ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 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; common (3.0) very fine interstitial and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02980; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—42 to 52 centimeters (16.5 to 20.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) crushed, dry; ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine interstitial and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N02981; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—52 to 66 centimeters (20.5 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; ashy loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 1 percent clay; moderate medium 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 interstitial and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02982; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; cobbly ashy loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 1 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and few (0.8) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine interstitial and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 5-51-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume indurated 75-152-250 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02983; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw—94 to 120 centimeters (37.0 to 47.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; extremely stony sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and few (0.8) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) medium irregular and common (3.0) fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume indurated 600-700-800 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume indurated 5-51-75 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume indurated 75-152-250 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume indurated 250-432-600 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 13N02984; moist when described; observed in pit, small