IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountwow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011WA041505
  • User Pedon ID: S2011WA041505
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0614
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72929
  • 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: 46.7566681
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7255554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15 N
  • Range: 9 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 195m north and 245m east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 11-PHR-062 Tatoosh Range, Pit located ESE of the Castle, high subalpine meadows, observation from a stream cut bank
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA041—Lewis
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA754—Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46121-G6—Mt Rainier East, Washington
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Phil Roberts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic, acid Thaptic Cryaquands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountwow
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2014
  • Classifier - Toby Rodgers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medial, amorphic Humic Vitricryands
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic Humic Vitricryands
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/2011
  • Classifier - Philip Roberts
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and alluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: cirque floor
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 15
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    andic soil properties

    volcanic glass

    umbric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—100

    0—100

    0—25

    5—5

    13—13

    17—17

    22—22

    45—54

    45—54

    54—54

    —100—

    —100—

    —25—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —9—

    —9—

    —-

    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    9/21/2011

    9/21/2011

    15

    50

    5

    4

    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

    25

    1870

    155

    2870

    45

    3.3

    2.8

    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; medial loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ab—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bwb—11 to 13 centimeters (4.3 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cb—13 to 17 centimeters (5.1 to 6.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    4Ab—17 to 20 centimeters (6.7 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    4Bwb—20 to 22 centimeters (7.9 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; medial sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    5Ab—22 to 45 centimeters (8.7 to 17.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02927; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    5Bwb—45 to 54 centimeters (17.7 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; medial sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 4 percent clay; fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02928; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    6Ab—54 to 75 centimeters (21.3 to 29.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; medial fine sandy loam; 50 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small