IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kinney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2017WA011020
  • User Pedon ID: S2017WA011020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2017WA011020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • User Project ID: ABBY_016_NEON
  • Project Name: Abby Road - ABBY
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 45.7676300
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3034680
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA011—Clark
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA011—Clark County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Daniel Ufnar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Vitrandic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Vitrandic Humudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2017
  • Classifier - E. Carp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from andesite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - ABBY_020
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 254
  • Plot Baseline Length - 7
  • Plot Width - 20
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center of pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Daniel Ufnar

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/2017 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Daniel Ufnar
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACCI

    COCO6

    HODI

    MANE2

    POMU

    PSME

    RIBES

    VAPA

    Acer circinatum

    Corylus cornuta

    Holodiscus discolor

    Mahonia nervosa

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Ribes

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    vine maple

    beaked hazelnut

    oceanspray

    Cascade barberry

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    currant

    red huckleberry

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

    andic soil properties

    umbric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    cambic horizon

    3—18

    3—46

    18—

    46—

    —15—

    —43—

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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

    31

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    503

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face gravelly medial loam; 40 percent sand; 18 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; many (8.0) very fine roots and many (8.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and few (0.8) coarse roots; many (8.0) very fine irregular and few (0.8) medium irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-15-20 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 20-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2A2—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) broken face very cobbly loam; 35 percent sand; 19 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; many (8.0) very fine irregular and few (0.8) medium irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 20-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-15-20 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw1—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face gravelly loam; 35 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots and few (0.8) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-15-20 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 20-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—89 to 100 centimeters (35.0 to 39.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face loam; 38 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots; common (3.0) very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-15-20 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 20-50-75 millimeter andesite fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small