IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stabler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018WA059070
  • User Pedon ID: S2018WA059070
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N2122
  • User Project ID: WREF_016_NEON
  • Project Name: Wind River Experimental Forest - WREF
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 45.8240590
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9555490
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA059—Skamania
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA659—Skamania County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dan Ufnar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic, mesic Vitric Hapludands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stabler
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic, mesic Vitric Hapludands
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 5 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2018
  • Classifier - Max Ross
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over debris flow deposits
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: debris flow on cinder cone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - WREF_070
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 74
  • Plot Baseline Length - 22
  • Plot Width - 40
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Core Center
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Daniel Ufnar

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/2018 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    andic soil properties

    lithologic discontinuity

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    5—

    5—

    70—

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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

    5

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    378

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    2

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 18N06382; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    A—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 10 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; few (0.8) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; many (8.0) very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 18N06383; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bw1—25 to 60 centimeters (9.8 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face medial sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 13 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; few (0.8) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 18N06384; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bw2—60 to 70 centimeters (23.6 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face medial sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 14 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; few (0.8) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 18N06385; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Bw3—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face medial loam; 50 percent sand; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; few (0.8) fine roots; few (0.8) very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat moderately coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 18N06386; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket