IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Getchell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014WA073079
  • User Pedon ID: S2014WA073079
  • User Site Association ID: Lake Whatcom Wastershed Update Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0399
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79565
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 48.6990000
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2440000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: Std longitude -122.217, Std lat 48.694; WGS84
  • Location Description: Haner Mountain. 160 meters east and 1179 m north of the south west corner of section 13, R.4E, T.37N
  • Map Unit: 60—Getchell loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA073—Whatcom
  • MLRA: 3—Olympic and Cascade Mountains
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MTV—Mount Vernon, Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA673—Whatcom County Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48122-F2—Acme, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay, Carl Fuller, Crystal Briggs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, ortstein Typic Haplocryods
  • 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 - Getchell
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, isotic, ortstein Typic Haplocryods
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/2014
  • Classifier - Bruce Lindsay
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandstone residuum and/or till
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent strong weathered sandstone, unspecified at 95cm
  • Geology: Bellingham Bay Member member of the Chuckanut Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/2014 (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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    95 -

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

    albic horizon

    spodic materials

    ortstein

    paralithic materials

    lithic contact

    17—35

    35—70

    35—50

    70—95

    95—

    —18—

    —35—

    —15—

    —25—

    —-
    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

    15

    —

    —

    793

    —

    20

    1524

    —

    125

    6.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02043; observed in pit, small
    Oa—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02044; observed in pit, small
    E—17 to 35 centimeters (6.7 to 13.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots and common (3.0) coarse roots; common (3.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded weakly coherent cemented 15-25-35 millimeter iron-manganese nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02045; observed in pit, small
    Bsm—35 to 50 centimeters (13.8 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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 rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 15-20-40 millimeter iron-manganese nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02046; observed in pit, small
    Bs—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and common (3.0) coarse roots; common (3.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded weakly coherent cemented 15-30-40 millimeter iron-manganese nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02047; observed in pit, small
    Cr—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) medium roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 15N02048; observed in pit, small
    R—95 to 97 centimeters (37.4 to 38.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small