LOCATION GOLDENLAKES WA
Established Series
IRD. PHR/MPR
07/2017
GOLDENLAKES SERIES
Landscape--Cascade Mountains
Landform--debris aprons, bedrock benches, glacial valley walls
Slope--5 to 100 percent
Parent material--volcanic ash over andesite residuum
Mean annual precipitation--about 1800 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 6 degrees C
Depth class--moderately deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--udic
Soil temperature regime--frigid
Soil moisture subclass--typic
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Ashy, amorphic, frigid Andic Haplorthods
TYPICAL PEDON: Goldenlakes paragravelly ashy sandy loam on a west-facing, 10-percent slope of a706 forested bedrock bench at an elevation of 795 m (When described on May 8, 2013, the soil was moist throughout.)
Oi--0 to 2 cm; slightly decomposed plant material; few fine roots; very strongly acid (pH 4.5); abrupt smooth boundary
Oe--2 to 5 cm; moderately decomposed plant material; common fine and medium roots; very strongly acid (pH 4.5); clear smooth boundary
E--5 to 20 cm; paragravelly ashy sandy loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few very fine and common fine to coarse roots; common very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent fine pumice paragravel and 5 percent medium and coarse pumice paragravel; strongly acid (pH 5.2); clear irregular boundary
Bs--20 to 63 cm; paragravelly ashy loamy sand, light brown (7.5YR 6/3) dry, brown (7.5YR 4/3) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine to medium and few coarse and very coarse roots; common very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent fine pumice paragravel and 5 percent medium and coarse pumice paragravel; moderately acid (pH 5.7); clear smooth boundary
2Bw--63 to 88 cm; very stony ashy sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few very fine to very coarse roots; common very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent fine andesite gravel, 10 percent medium and coarse andesite gravel, 10 percent andesite cobbles, and 10 percent andesite stones; moderately acid (pH 5.7); abrupt irregular boundary
2R--88 cm; fractured andesite
TYPE LOCATION: Pierce County, Washington, about 500 m north of the junction of Washington State Route 706 and West Side Road in Mount Rainier National Park; about 365 m south and 105 m west of the northeast corner of section 34, T. 15 N., R. 7 E., Willamette Meridian; Sawtooth Ridge, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle; latitude 46.82778 degrees north, longitude -121.832963 degrees west, datum WGS 84 (coordinates determined with a GPS)
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--6 to 8 degrees C
Soil moisture control section--dry less than 45 consecutive days in June through October
Depth to lithologic discontinuity--45 to 75 cm
Depth to lithic contact--50 to 100 cm
Pararock and rock fragments--pumice paragravel typically in upper part of profile; andesite gravel, cobbles, and stones may be in lower part of profile
All mineral horizons
*Volcanic glass content--50 to 75 percent
*Ammonium oxalate Al plus 1/2 Fe--greater than 0.4 percent
Particle-size control section
*Clay content--1 to 7 percent
*Total pararock and rock fragment content--5 to 35 percent
O horizon
*In lieu of texture--slightly decomposed plant material, moderately decomposed plant material
*Thickness--0 to 7 cm
E horizon
*Hue--10YR
*Value--3 to 6 moist, 5 to 8 dry
*Chroma--1 or 2 moist or dry
*Fine-earth texture--ashy sandy loam, ashy loamy sand
*Clay content--1 to 5 percent
*Pararock fragment content--0 to 35 percent pumice paragravel
*Reaction--4.5 to 5.5
*Thickness--5 to 20 cm
Bs horizon
*Hue--7.5YR, 5YR
*Value--2.5 to 5 moist, 4 to 7 dry
*Chroma--1 to 4 moist or dry
*Fine-earth texture--ashy loamy sand, ashy sandy loam, ashy loamy coarse sand
*Clay content--1 to 7 percent
*Pararock and rock fragment content--15 to 35 percent total, including 15 to 35 percent pumice paragravel and 0 to 5 percent andesite gravel
*Reaction--5.1 to 6.0
*Thickness--40 to 70 cm
2Bw horizon
*Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
*Value--2.5 to 4 moist, 4 to 6 dry
*Chroma--2 to 4 moist or dry
*Fine-earth texture--ashy sandy loam, ashy coarse sandy loam, ashy loamy sand
*Clay content--1 to 7 percent
*Rock fragment content--20 to 50 percent total, including 15 to 45 percent andesite gravel, 0 to 20 percent andesite cobbles, and 0 to 15 percent andesite stones
*Reaction--5.1 to 6.0
*Thickness--15 to 40 cm
COMPETING SERIES:
Kautz--greater than 150 cm to lithic contact (very deep)
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--600 to 1400 m
Climate--warm, dry summers; cool, wet winters
Mean annual precipitation--1600 to 2000 mm
Mean annual air temperature--5 to 7 degrees C
Frost-free duration--90 to 130 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Ingraham--lithic contact at a depth of 25 to 50 cm from the soil surface (shallow)
Kautz--lithic contact at a depth of greater than 150 cm from the soil surface (very deep)
Sunbeam--aquic conditions within 25 cm of the soil surface; in adjacent positions with gentler slopes that receive runoff
Tokaloo--aquic conditions at a depth of 25 to 50 cm from the soil surface; in adjacent positions with gentler slopes that receive runoff
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--well drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)--high, very high
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--wildlife habitat, recreation
Potential natural vegetation--western hemlock, western redcedar, Douglas-fir, vine maple, western swordfern, Cascade Oregon grape, vanillaleaf, salal, beargrass, prince's pine, myrtle pachistima, red huckleberry, black huckleberry
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Cascade Mountains, Washington; MLRA 3; small extent
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington; 2014; name from Golden Lakes basin area in Mount Rainier National Park
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features in this pedon
*Particle-size control section--zone from 30 to 88 cm
*Ochric epipedon
*Albic horizon--zone from 5 to 20 cm
*Spodic horizon--zone from 20 to 63 cm
*Cambic horizon--zone from 63 to 88 cm
*Andic soil properties--zone from 5 to 88 cm
*Volcanic glass content--zone from 5 to 88 cm
*Depth to lithologic discontinuity--63 cm
*Depth to lithic contact--88 cm
*Distinguishable tephra layers--Mount St. Helens Wn tephra (E horizon), Mount St. Helens Yn tephra (Bs horizon)
3/2017--This official series description was updated according to SSR1 Technical Note 11--Content and Format of Official Series Descriptions (revised 12/2015). Most of the changes were in formatting; no major technical changes were made.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.