IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanzandt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014WA057043
  • User Pedon ID: S2014WA057043
  • User Site Association ID: Lake Whatcom Wastershed Update Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0393
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79559
  • 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: 48.6140000
  • Std. Longitude: -122.4240000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: std long -122.424, std lat 48.614; WGS84
  • Location Description: Blanchard Mountain summit, 298 m S, 159 m w from the NE corner of section 16, R.3 E, T.36 N; WGS84
  • Map Unit: 153—Vanzandt very gravelly loam, 0 to 15 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 Typic 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 Typic Dystroxerepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/2014
  • 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: summit mountain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered phyllite at 102cm
  • Geology: Darington Phyllite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/2014 (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

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—16

    16—82

    82—

    —16—

    —66—

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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

    10

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    —

    426

    —

    340

    1473

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    160

    8.3

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 15N02014
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; many (5.0) very fine irregular and many (5.0) very fine tubular and many (5.0) fine irregular and many (5.0) fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02015
    Bs1—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; common (3.0) very fine tubular and common (3.0) medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02016
    Bs2—34 to 64 centimeters (13.4 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and 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; 30 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02017
    Bs3—64 to 82 centimeters (25.2 to 32.3 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and 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; 30 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02018
    Cd—82 to 102 centimeters (32.3 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) very fine tubular pores; 50 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02019
    R—102 centimeters (40.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.