PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 11/23/2009Country:
Description Date: 07/17/2003State: Washington
Describer: Ron MyhrumCounty: Kittitas
Site ID: 03-RPM-01MLRA:
Site Note: Soil Survey Area: WA637 -- Kittitas County Area, Washington
Pedon ID: 03WA037001Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSLLocation Description: 10 MILES NORTH OF ROSLYN, WA ON SASSIE RIDGE AT SNOTEL SITE.
Lab Pedon #: 03N0925Legal Description: 1700 feet S AND 200 feet W OF NE CORNER of Section 15, Township 22N, Range 121E
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: KANERLatitude: 47 degrees 23 minutes 6.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: KANERLongitude: 121 degrees 3 minutes 48.00 seconds west
Classification: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic Humic VitricryandsDatum: NAD83
Pedon Type: map unit inclusionUTM Zone: 10
Pedon Purpose: research siteUTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: seriesUTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material: volcanic ash over colluvium derived from granite
Local Physiographic Area: SASSIE RIDGEBedrock Kind: andesite
Geomorphic Setting: on mountainflank, upper third of mountainBedrock Depth: 203 centimeters
Upslope Shape: Bedrock Hardness: indurated
Cross Slope Shape: Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASISDescription database: NSSL
Diagnostic Features: ? to ? cm.



Cont. Site ID: 03-RPM-01Pedon ID: 03WA037001

Slope (%)Elevation (meters)Aspect (deg)MAAT (C)MSAT (C)MWAT (C)MAP (mm)Frost-Free DaysDrainage ClassSlope Length (meters)Upslope Length (meters)
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A--0 to 23 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face gravelly ashy fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine granular parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04766

Bw1--23 to 41 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 75-millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04767

Bw2--41 to 79 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 75-millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04768

Bw3--79 to 114 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 75-millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04769

Bw4--114 to 142 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly ashy coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 75- millimeter andesite fragments and 35 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04770

BC--142 to 152 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face extremely gravelly ashy coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine moderate- continuity irregular pores; 15 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 75-millimeter andesite fragments and 50 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter andesite fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04771