IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longmire

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012WA053586

User Pedon ID: S2012WA053586

Vegetation Plot ID: S2012WA053586

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N0641

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69768

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: 46.9177990

Std. Longitude: -121.5362000

Datum: WGS84

Township: 17 N

Range: 10 E

Section: 33

PLSS Details: 360m south and 90m west of NE corner

Location Description: Mount Rainier National Park, 100 meters west of Highway 410, just north of Highway 410 junction with White River entrance road.

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-H5—White River Park, Washington

PEDON

Describers Name: Toby Rodgers

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: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Longmire

PSC - 36 to 80 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, amorphic over isotic Andic Haplocryods

Taxon Kind - taxon above family

PSC - 36 to 80 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 lahar deposits

Landscape: mountains

Landform: mountain slope

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/14/2012 (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 - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 20

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
PSME TSHE ABAM THPL MANE2 LIBO3 COCA13 VAME CLUN2	Pseudotsuga menziesii Tsuga heterophylla Abies amabilis Thuja plicata Mahonia nervosa Linnaea borealis Cornus canadensis Vaccinium membranaceum Clintonia uniflora	Douglas-fir western hemlock Pacific silver fir western redcedar Cascade barberry twinflower bunchberry dogwood thinleaf huckleberry bride's bonnet	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	strongly coherent	80 - 152	- 72 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
andic soil properties albic horizon spodic horizon densic contact	11—64 11—18 18—64 80—152	—53— —7— —46— —72—

Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date	Depth	Sensor Kind	Temperature
	cm		C
8/14/2012 8/14/2012	15 50	— —	12.8 9.7

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
25	—	—	1098	—	300	1753	—	90	5	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 75 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 1 percent clay; many (8.0) fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03016; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Thin discontinuous tephra between Oi and Oe horizons, likely Mt. St. Helens 1980 tephra.

Oe—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 75 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 1 percent clay; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) medium roots throughout and many (8.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N03017; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

E—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); 90 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) crushed and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, 90 percent light gray (7.5YR 7/1) crushed and 10 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, dry; ashy loamy sand; 75 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 1 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 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N03018; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. Horizon likely Mt. St. Helens Wn tephra.

Bs1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2) crushed, dry; paragravelly ashy loamy coarse sand; 80 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.8) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; many (8.0) medium low-continuity interstitial and many (8.0) fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-41-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N03019; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs2—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) crushed, dry; paragravelly ashy coarse 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 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 moderate-continuity interstitial and common (3.0) fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 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 subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-41-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N03020; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs3—45 to 64 centimeters (17.7 to 25.2 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, dry; ashy sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak 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; few (0.8) very fine low-continuity irregular and few (0.8) fine low-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-41-75 millimeter pumice fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03021; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Bw—64 to 80 centimeters (25.2 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds and few (0.8) fine roots between peds; few (0.8) very fine low-continuity irregular and few (0.8) fine low-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-51-75 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N03022; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. Horizon likely Mt. St. Helens Yn tephra. Fragments are pumice, 10YR 6/3 moist.

2Cd—80 to 152 centimeters (31.5 to 59.8 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.8) very fine low-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 75-152-250 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. Lab sample # 13N03023; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small