IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Squires
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014WA073078
  • User Pedon ID: S2014WA073078
  • User Site Association ID: Lake Whatcom Wastershed Update Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0398
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79564
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 48.6940000
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2170000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: Std long -122.463, Std lat 48.657 WGS84
  • Location Description: Haner Mountain. 650 me E and 603m N of the south west corner of section 18, R. 5 E, T. 37 N.
  • Map Unit: 173—Vanzandt very gravelly loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA073—Whatcom
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MTV—Mount Vernon, Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA673—Whatcom County Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48122-F2—Acme, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay and Carl Fuller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Squires
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Typic Dystroxerepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2014
  • Classifier - Bruce Lindsay
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: phyllite and schist residuum and/or till
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered phyllite at 79cm
  • Geology: Darington Phyllite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bruce Lindsay and Carl Fuller
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—14

    14—79

    79—

    —65—

    —65—

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    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

    11

    —

    —

    422

    —

    60

    1397

    —

    180

    8.9

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    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02039; observed in pit, small
    A/E—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); 10 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), 10 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 90 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and many (5.0) fine roots; many (5.0) very fine tubular and many (5.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 2 to 10 percent albic tongues (volume percent); extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02040; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—14 to 48 centimeters (5.5 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and common (3.0) coarse roots; common (3.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02041; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 15N02042; observed in pit, small
    R—79 centimeters (31.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.