IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MELBOURNE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972WA041004
  • User Pedon ID: S1972WA041004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44001
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024
  • 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: 46.5525742
  • Std. Longitude: -123.2123413
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 700 feet south of the center
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA041—Lewis
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA641—Lewis County Area, Washington
  • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MELBOURNE
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    A1CN—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00404
    A3CN—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00405
    B21T—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00406
    B22T—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00407
    B23T—79 to 106 centimeters (31.1 to 41.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00408
    B24T—106 to 137 centimeters (41.7 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00409
    B3—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00410
    C—163 to 190 centimeters (64.2 to 74.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 72C00411