IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chehalis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014WA027411
  • User Pedon ID: S2014WA027411
  • User Site Association ID: SA - MLRA 2 - Chehalis River Floodplain - 25
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79499
  • 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: 46.8506133
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2724466
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 440 meters west and 110 meters south of NE corner.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA027—Grays Harbor
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA627—Grays Harbor County Area, Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ufnar, E. Dahlke, M. Regan, G. Coughlin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chehalis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2014
  • Classifier - D. Ufnar
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    aquic conditions

    0—65

    65—160

    117—160

    117—160

    117—160

    —65—

    —95—

    —43—

    —43—

    —43—
    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

    1

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    —

    21.3

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    0

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    A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; strong medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; many (8.0) very fine roots and few (0.8) medium roots and many (8.0) fine roots and few (0.8) coarse roots; few (0.8) medium tubular and common (3.0) medium irregular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N00664; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—14 to 40 centimeters (5.5 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots; many (8.0) very fine tubular and few (0.8) medium tubular and common (3.0) medium irregular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N00665; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many (8.0) very fine roots; many (8.0) very fine tubular and few (0.8) medium irregular and few (0.8) medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N00666; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—65 to 94 centimeters (25.6 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots; many (8.0) very fine tubular and few (0.8) medium irregular and few (0.8) medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N00667; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.8) very fine roots; common (3.0) very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N00668; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—117 to 160 centimeters (46.1 to 63.0 inches); 45 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, 45 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.8) very fine roots; few (0.8) fine tubular pores; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 40 percent coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 15N00669; moist when described; observed in pit, small