PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Apr 19 2024	Country:
Description Date: Aug 27 2005	State: Washington
Describer: Crystal Briggs	County: Whatcom
Site ID: S2007WA073104	MLRA: 3 -- Olympic and Cascade Mountains
Soil Survey Area: WA774 -- North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington
Pedon ID: S2007WA774008	Map Unit: 8000 -- Beaverpass-Purple-Bacon complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes
Quad Name: Mount Redoubt, Washington
Lab Source ID: SSL	Std Latitude: 48.8791667
Lab Pedon #: 08N0357	Std Longitude: -121.2553278
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Beaver
Classification:
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:
Pedon Type: OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
Taxon Kind:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division:	Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover
Physiographic Province:	Secondary Earth Cover: Native shrubs
Physiographic Section:	Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area:	Parent Material: organic, woody material and organic, herbaceous material over alluvium derived from
Local Physiographic Area:	Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: on toeslope of mountainflank, upper third of col on mountains	Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: concave	Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: concave	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: 0 to 130 cm.	Surface Fragments: 10.0 percent Wood fragments and 10.0 percent Wood fragments
Description origin: PedonPC	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

fibric soil materials 11 to 59 cm.
sapric soil materials 56 to 91 cm.
reduced matrix 91 to 127 cm.

Cont. Site ID: S2007WA073104 Pedon ID: S2007WA774008

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

3.0 1,097.0 240 5.0

2,108
very poorly

Oe--0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02265

Oa1--18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); woody peat; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few very coarse roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; common medium tubular and common medium interstitial and common fine interstitial and common fine tubular pores; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02266

Oa2--56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); herbaceous muck; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; common medium tubular and common medium interstitial and common fine interstitial and common fine tubular pores; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02267

Cg1--91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 10 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium interstitial and common fine interstitial pores; 100 percent reduced matrix; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02268

Cg2--107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine interstitial pores; 100 percent reduced matrix; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 08N02269

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
3.0	1,097.0	240	5.0			2,108		very poorly