IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COUSE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WA013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WA013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958WA013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34089
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 46.1820717
  • Std. Longitude: -117.9863434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: near center of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Rayburn woodlot
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA013—Columbia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA613—Columbia County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eveard Harrison
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COUSE
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CARU

    PIPO

    PSME

    SYMPH

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Symphoricarpos

    pinegrass

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    snowberry

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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

    9

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    975

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    286

    686

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    8.9

    17.8

    -1.1

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    O1&O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07695. a mat of pine and fir needles, dry grass, twigs, and leaves in varying stages of decay
    A11—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07696
    A12—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07697
    B21—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07698. occasional clay films in large pores
    B22—51 to 77 centimeters (20.1 to 30.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07699. patchy - phpvsfiid 190045; patchy - phpvsfiid 190045
    B2/A2—77 to 92 centimeters (30.3 to 36.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07700. continuous - phpvsfiid 190046; continuous - phpvsfiid 190046
    A2—92 to 110 centimeters (36.2 to 43.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07701. mottles are in hues of 7.5YR
    B21T—110 to 122 centimeters (43.3 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07702. continuous - phpvsfiid 190047; continuous - phpvsfiid 190048; continuous - phpvsfiid 190047; continuous - phpvsfiid 190048
    B22T—122 to 153 centimeters (48.0 to 60.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07703
    B23T—153 to 186 centimeters (60.2 to 73.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07704. continuous - phpvsfiid 190050; continuous - phpvsfiid 190050
    B3—186 to 244 centimeters (73.2 to 96.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07705. gray silica rock coatings in vertical fractures
    R—244 to 250 centimeters (96.1 to 98.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A07706. dark colored basalt bedrock