IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haywire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03-RPM-04
  • User Pedon ID: 03WA053001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 03-RPM-04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15770
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 47.0444450
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9402771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 OF THE SE1/4
  • Location Description: 1600 FEET EAST OF THE BURNT MOUNTAIN SNOTEL SITE, PIERCE COUNTY
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA053—Pierce
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA634—Snoqualmie Pass Area, Washington (Parts of King and Pierce Counties)

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Natsuhara
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic Andic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haywire
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haywire
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over tuff
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent tuff, unspecified at 104cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ABAM

    ABPR

    TSHE

    Abies amabilis

    Abies procera

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Pacific silver fir

    noble fir

    western hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    102 - 152

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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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    1219

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    942

    Burnt Mountain

    SNOTEL
    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); medial slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; medial loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00192; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; medial loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00193; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; medial loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00194; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw1—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00195; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; very gravelly loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 60 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00196; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00197; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cr—104 to 129 centimeters (40.9 to 50.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small