PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Apr 25 2024	Country:
Description Date: Sep 11 2003	State: Washington
Describer: Chuck Natsuhara	County: Pierce
Site ID: 03-RPM-04	MLRA:
Soil Survey Area: WA634 -- Snoqualmie Pass Area, Washington (Parts of King and Pierce Counties)
Pedon ID: 03WA053001	Map Unit:
Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL	Std Latitude: 47.0444450
Lab Pedon #: 04N0032	Std Longitude: -121.9402771
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Haywire
Classification:
Soil Name as Correlated: Haywire
Classification: Medial-skeletal, amorphic Andic Humicryods
Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose: research site
Taxon Kind: series
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division:	Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province:	Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section:	Vegetation: noble fir, Pacific silver fir, western hemlock
State Physiographic Area:	Parent Material: volcanic ash over tuff
Local Physiographic Area: BURNT MOUNTAIN	Bedrock Kind: Tuff
Geomorphic Setting: on mountaintop of None Assigned	Bedrock Depth: 104 centimeters
Upslope Shape:	Bedrock Hardness: moderately coherent cemented
Cross Slope Shape:	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section:	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

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Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
102	152	bedrock, paralithic	Moderately coherent

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

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

5.0 1,219.0

well

O--0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); medial slightly decomposed plant material; .

E--5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); 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; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00192

Bhs--13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); 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; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00193

Bs--18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); 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; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse 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 (14.2 to 28.0 inches); 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; soft, very friable, 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 (28.0 to 33.9 inches); 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; slightly hard, friable, 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 (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face extremely gravelly sandy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent nonflat angular indurated 2 to 20-millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00197

Cr--104 to 129 centimeters (40.9 to 50.8 inches); moderately coherent cemented Tuff bedrock; .

* Method Codes *
Code	Description
7A1a1	X-ray Diffraction, Thin Film on Glass, Resin Pretreatment
7B1a2	Optical Analysis, Full Grain Count

* Preparation Codes *
Code	Description / List of Methods
Sjj	The air-dried soil passing a No. 10-mesh sieve
	7A1a1, 7B1a2

* Instrument Sets *
Instrument Set Name	List of Methods
Instrument Not Specified	7B1a2
X-ray diffractometer	7A1a1

* Analyzed Size Fractions *
Size Fraction	List of Methods
<0.002 mm	7A1a1
0.1-0.25 mm	7B1a2

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
5.0	1,219.0							well