PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 11/23/2009	Country:
Description Date: 08/12/2004	State: Washington
Describer: Ron Myhrum	County: Yakima
Site ID: 04-RPM-04	MLRA:
Site Note:	Soil Survey Area: WA676 -- Yakama Nation Area, Washington, Parts of Klickitat and Yakima Counties
Pedon ID: 04WA077001	Map Unit:
Pedon Note:	Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL	Location Description: LOST HORSE SNOTEL SITE, YAKIMA COUNTY WA. 50 YARDS NORTH OF SNOTEL SHED
Lab Pedon #: 05N0040	Legal Description: 1500 feet WEst and 1000 feet south of the NE corner of Section 8, Township 10N, Range 14E
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Whitedeer	Latitude: 46 degrees 21 minutes 28.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated:	Longitude: 121 degrees 4 minutes 51.00 seconds west
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Andic Haploxeralfs	Datum: NAD83
Pedon Type: outside range of series	UTM Zone: 10
Pedon Purpose: research site	UTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: taxadjunct	UTM 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 from basalt
Local Physiographic Area: LOST HORSE PLATEAU	Bedrock Kind: basalt
Geomorphic Setting: on mountaintop of mountain	Bedrock Depth: 48 centimeters
Upslope Shape:	Bedrock Hardness: indurated
Cross Slope Shape:	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section:	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: NSSL

Diagnostic Features:

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Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
48	58	bedrock, lithic	indurated

Cont. Site ID: 04-RPM-04 Pedon ID: 04WA077001

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost-Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)

0.0 1,555.0

well

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

A--5 to 13 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) broken face ashy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; few medium roots throughout and few very fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate- continuity interstitial pores; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00148

Bw--13 to 25 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face ashy loam, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly hard, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00149

2Bw1--25 to 48 centimeters; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face very cobbly loam, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few 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 40 percent 76- to 250-millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00150

2R--48 to 58 centimeters; indurated basalt bedrock.

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
0.0	1,555.0							well