IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KLAUS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966WA033001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966WA033001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966WA033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34091
  • 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: 47.4866676
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7144470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 3 miles east of North Bend, Washington on the south side of road just east of the township line
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA033—King
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA633—King County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Klaus W. Flach
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KLAUS
  • PSC - 10 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ACCI

    ALNUS

    THPL

    TSUGA

    Acer circinatum

    Alnus

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga

    vine maple

    alder

    western redcedar

    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

    2

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    244

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    270

    2591

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    9.4

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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A07718. partly decomposed mat of needles, moss, and roots
    O2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0); massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A07719. largely decomposed organic material
    A2—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A07720
    B21HIR—9 to 13 centimeters (3.5 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A07721. this is a discontinuous horizon that extends in tongues through the B22ir horizon to a depth of 13 inches; about half of the volume of the horizon consists of very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), slightly hard and firm, ortstein clods of 1 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter
    B22IR—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A07722
    2B23IR—38 to 68 centimeters (15.0 to 26.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07723
    2C—68 to 96 centimeters (26.8 to 37.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07724