PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 11/23/2009Country:
Description Date: 09/11/2003State: Washington
Describer: Chuck NatsuharaCounty: Pierce
Site ID: 03-RPM-04MLRA:
Site Note: Soil Survey Area: WA634 -- Snoqualmie Pass Area, Washington (Parts of King and Pierce Counties)
Pedon ID: 03WA053001Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSLLocation Description: 1600 FEET EAST OF THE BURNT MOUNTAIN SNOTEL SITE, PIERCE COUNTY
Lab Pedon #: 04N0032Legal Description: SW1/4 OF THE SE1/4 of Section 17, Township 18N, Range 7E
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: HaywireLatitude: 47 degrees 2 minutes 40.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: HaywireLongitude: 121 degrees 56 minutes 25.00 seconds west
Classification: Medial-skeletal, amorphic Andic HumicryodsDatum: 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: Pacific silver fir, noble fir, western hemlock
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material: volcanic ash over tuff
Local Physiographic Area: BURNT MOUNTAINBedrock Kind: tuff
Geomorphic Setting: on mountaintop of None AssignedBedrock Depth: 104 centimeters
Upslope Shape: Bedrock Hardness: moderately cemented
Cross Slope Shape: Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASISDescription database: NSSL
Diagnostic Features: ? to ? cm.

Top Depth (cm)Bottom Depth (cm)Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
102152bedrock, paralithicmoderately cemented



Cont. Site ID: 03-RPM-04Pedon ID: 03WA053001

Slope (%)Elevation (meters)Aspect (deg)MAAT (C)MSAT (C)MWAT (C)MAP (mm)Frost-Free DaysDrainage ClassSlope Length (meters)Upslope Length (meters)
5.01,219.0





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O--0 to 5 centimeters; medial slightly decomposed plant material.

E--5 to 13 centimeters; dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face medial loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; 10 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity irregular and many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00192

Bhs--13 to 18 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face medial loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; 10 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity irregular and many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00193

Bs--18 to 36 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face medial loam, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00194

2Bw1--36 to 71 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face gravelly loam, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; few very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00195

2Bw2--71 to 86 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face very gravelly loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; few fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 60 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00196

2C--86 to 104 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face extremely gravelly sandy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; 8 percent clay; massive; firm, slightly hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00197

Cr--104 to 129 centimeters; moderately cemented tuff bedrock.