IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Astoria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA069001
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984WA069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0907
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55695
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 46.3833351
  • Std. Longitude: -123.6500015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA069—Wahkiakum
  • MLRA: 1—Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Engel, R. F. Pringle, and W. D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Andic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Astoria
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Andic Haplumbrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALRU2

    PSME

    TSHE

    Alnus rubra

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Tsuga heterophylla

    red alder

    Douglas-fir

    western hemlock

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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

    15

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    76

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    180

    254

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    11

    16

    6

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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05112. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    1BA1—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 5.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05113. common coats surface features on faces of peds; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many medium and coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217818; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217818
    1BA2—32 to 45 centimeters (12.6 to 17.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong medium granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05114. common coats surface features on faces of peds; common to many fine and medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217819; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217819
    1Bw—45 to 72 centimeters (17.7 to 28.3 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05115. common medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common coats surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine and medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217820; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217820
    1Bw2—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05116. common coats surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine and medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217821; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217821
    1Bw3—100 to 133 centimeters (39.4 to 52.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05117; moist when described;. common coats surface features on faces of peds; few to common fine and medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 217822; patchy - phpvsfiid 217822
    1BC—133 to 153 centimeters (52.4 to 60.2 inches); 50 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) exterior and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) crushed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05118; moist when described;. Rock fragment same as below.; few to common fine and medium roots throughout
    1C—153 to 175 centimeters (60.2 to 68.9 inches); 60 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) exterior and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed silt loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.3 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 84P05119; moist when described;. Rock fragment soft siltstone can be broken in hand. Angular to subangular shape.; few fine and medium roots throughout