IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanzandt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014WA057041
  • User Pedon ID: S2014WA057041
  • User Site Association ID: Lake Whatcom Wastershed Update Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0391
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79557
  • 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: 48.6100000
  • Std. Longitude: -122.4210000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: std long -122.421, std lat 48.61; WGS84
  • Location Description: Blanchard Mountain.805 M S and 58 m E of the north west corner of section 15, T.36 N, R.3 E;
  • Map Unit: 135—Squires very gravelly silt loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA057—Skagit
  • MLRA: 2—Willamette and Puget Sound Valleys
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MTV—Mount Vernon, Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA657—Skagit County Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48122-E4—Bow, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay and Carl Fuller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, mesic Aquic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanzandt
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, mesic Aquic Dystroxerepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2014
  • Classifier - Bruce Lindsay
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • 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: 9/5/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bruce Lindsay and Carl Fuller
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    moderately coherent

    72 - 162

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—22

    22—72

    22—72

    72—

    —22—

    —50—

    —50—

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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

    18

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    —

    304

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    160

    1473

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    160

    8.3

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    Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 15N02003
    A—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; common (3.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02004
    Bs—22 to 42 centimeters (8.7 to 16.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; common (3.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; ; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02005
    Bw1—42 to 56 centimeters (16.5 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; many (5.0) very fine irregular pores; 40 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02006
    Bw2—56 to 72 centimeters (22.0 to 28.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sand; 5 percent clay; structureless single grain, and moderate medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) fine roots; many (5.0) very fine irregular pores; 20 percent medium weakly coherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 40 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02007
    Cd—72 to 162 centimeters (28.3 to 63.8 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine irregular pores; 30 percent fine reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 15N02008