PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 11/24/2009Country:
Description Date: 08/12/2003State: Washington
Describer: Toby RodgersCounty: Okanogan
Site ID: 03-RPM-05MLRA:
Site Note: Soil Survey Area: WA749 -- Okanogan National Forest Area, Washington
Pedon ID: 03WA047001Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSLLocation Description: HART'S PASS SNOTEL SITE, OKANOGAN COUNTY
Lab Pedon #: 04N0047Legal Description: SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 37, Range 18
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Vitrandic DystrocryeptsLatitude: 48 degrees 43 minutes 14.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: Vitrandic DystrocryeptsLongitude: 120 degrees 39 minutes 31.00 seconds west
Classification: Vitrandic DystrocryeptsDatum: NAD83
Pedon Type: UTM Zone: 10
Pedon Purpose: research siteUTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: taxon above familyUTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation: grouse huckleberry, subalpine fir, subalpine larch
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material: volcanic ash over glacial till and colluvium
Local Physiographic Area: HART'S PASSBedrock Kind: metasedimentary rock
Geomorphic Setting: on footslope of mountaintop of areteBedrock Depth: 152 centimeters
Upslope Shape: Bedrock Hardness: strongly 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-05Pedon ID: 03WA047001

Slope (%)Elevation (meters)Aspect (deg)MAAT (C)MSAT (C)MWAT (C)MAP (mm)Frost-Free DaysDrainage ClassSlope Length (meters)Upslope Length (meters)
12.01,977.0270




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O--0 to 3 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material.

A1--3 to 15 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1) broken face ashy fine sandy loam, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; 10 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many fine moderate-continuity irregular and many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20- millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00297

A2--15 to 38 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face ashy fine sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00298

2Bw1--38 to 61 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face very gravelly sandy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; 7 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; few very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20- millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00299

2Bw2--61 to 81 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) broken face very gravelly coarse sandy loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout; few fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent nonflat angular indurated 20- to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00300

Cd--81 to 106 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face loamy coarse sand, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; massive. Lab sample # 04N00301