PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 11/23/2009Country:
Description Date: 08/11/2004State: Washington
Describer: Ron MyhrumCounty: Kittitas
Site ID: 04-RPM-03MLRA:
Site Note: Soil Survey Area: WA637 -- Kittitas County Area, Washington
Pedon ID: 04WA037002Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSLLocation Description: GROUSE SNOTEL SITE, KITTITAS COUNTY WA. 100YARDS NORTH OF SNOTEL SHED
Lab Pedon #: 05N0039Legal Description: 50 feet east and 1000 feet south of the NW corner of Section 29, Township 21N, Range 19E
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: SaydabLatitude: 47 degrees 17 minutes 22.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: Longitude: 120 degrees 27 minutes 13.00 seconds west
Classification: Ashy-skeletal, mixed Aquic VitricryandsDatum: NAD83
Pedon Type: outside range of seriesUTM Zone: 10
Pedon Purpose: research siteUTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: taxadjunctUTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation: Douglas-fir, grand fir, lupine, snowbrush ceanothus, subalpine fir, western larch
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material: volcanic ash and colluvium and residuum from basalt
Local Physiographic Area: Grouse SpringsBedrock Kind: basalt
Geomorphic Setting: on mountaintop of mountainBedrock Depth: 114 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.

Top Depth (cm)Bottom Depth (cm)Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
114124bedrock, lithicindurated



Cont. Site ID: 04-RPM-03Pedon ID: 04WA037002

Slope (%)Elevation (meters)Aspect (deg)MAAT (C)MSAT (C)MWAT (C)MAP (mm)Frost-Free DaysDrainage ClassSlope Length (meters)Upslope Length (meters)
2.01,646.0180




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O--0 to 3 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material.

A1--3 to 10 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face ashy loam, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate- continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent 2- to 76-millimeter basalt fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00141

A2--10 to 20 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face ashy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent 2- to 76-millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00142

Bw1--20 to 43 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face gravelly ashy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent 2- to 76-millimeter basalt fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00143

2Bw1--43 to 61 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) broken face extremely cobbly ashy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many coarse roots in cracks and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent 2- to 76- millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent 76- to 250-millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00144

2Bw2--61 to 84 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly ashy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent 2- to 76-millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00145

2Bw3--84 to 102 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) broken face gravelly ashy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout and few very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent 2- to 76-millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00146

2Bw4--102 to 114 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) broken face gravelly ashy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout and few very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent 2- to 76-millimeter basalt fragments. Lab sample # 05N00147

2R--114 to 124 centimeters; indurated basalt bedrock.