LOCATION SHALCAR WA
Established Series
Rev. AG/DRU/EED
04/2017
SHALCAR SERIES
Landscape--drift plains, river valleys
Landform--depressions of stream terraces and outwash terraces, oxbows, backswamps
Slope--0 to 3 percent
Parent material--organic deposits over alluvium, glacial outwash, or glaciomarine material
Mean annual precipitation--about 1100 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 10 degrees C
Depth class--very deep
Drainage class--very poorly drained
Soil moisture regime--aquic
Soil temperature regime--mesic
Soil moisture subclass--typic
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
TYPICAL PEDON: Shalcar muck in an area of pasture, on a 1-percent slope at an elevation of 23 m
Oa1--0 to 15 cm; muck, black (10YR 2/1) moist, black (N 2/0) dry; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 15 percent fiber, 3 percent rubbed; many very fine roots; very strongly acid (pH 4.7); CaCl2 pH (4.0); abrupt irregular boundary
Oa2--15 to 66 cm; muck, black (10YR 2/1) moist, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 30 percent fiber, 5 percent rubbed; common very fine roots; very strongly acid (pH 4.8); CaC12 pH (5.0); clear wavy boundary
Oa3--66 to 94 cm; muck, black (10YR 2/1) moist, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 20 percent fiber, 5 percent rubbed; common very fine roots; intermittent layer of fine sandy loam volcanic ash, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) moist, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) dry; very strongly acid (pH 4.9); CaC12 pH (4.7); abrupt smooth boundary
2Bg--94 to 132 cm; loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) dry; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine irregular pores; 5 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.3); abrupt smooth boundary
2Cg--132 to 152 cm; gravelly sand, dark gray (N 4/0) moist, gray (N 6/0) dry; single grain; loose; many fine irregular pores; 15 percent gravel; moderately acid (pH 6.0)
TYPE LOCATION: Whatcom County, Washington, about 1.5 km east of Lynden; 300 m north and 900 m west of the southeast corner of section 16, T. 40 N., R. 3 E., Willamette Meridian; Lynden NE U.S. Geological Survey quarter quadrangle; latitude 48.9529990 degrees north, longitude 122.4130000 degrees west, WGS 84 (coordinates estimated from PLSS details)
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--10 to 12 degrees C
Mean January soil temperature--2 degrees C
Mean July soil temperature--17 degrees C
Depth to mineral soil--40 to 130 cm
Fiber content--5 to 40 percent (2 to 15 percent rubbed)
Depth to lenses of volcanic ash and/or diatomaceous earth (where present)--60 to 120 cm
Particle-size control section--less than 35 percent clay (weighted average); less than 35 percent total rock fragments (weighted average)
Oa horizon
Hue--2.5YR to 2.5Y, or neutral
Value--2 to 4 moist, 2 to 5 dry
Chroma--neutral, 1 to 3 moist or dry
Reaction (pH)--3.5 to 6.0
Wood fragment content--0 to 10 percent
Combined thickness--40 to 130 cm
2Bg horizon
Hue--10YR to 5Y, 5GY, neutral
Value--3 to 5 moist, 5 to 8 dry
Chroma--neutral, 1 or 2 moist or dry
Reaction (pH)--5.1 to 6.5
Texture--silt loam, sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam
Thickness--10 to 110 cm
2Cg horizon
Hue--2.5Y, 5Y, 5GY, neutral
Value--3 to 5 moist, 5 to 7 dry
Chroma--neutral, 1 or 2 moist or dry
Reaction (pH)--5.1 to 7.3
Texture--sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam, clay
Gravel content--0 to 60 percent
COMPETING SERIES:
Klossner--pH of 5.6 to 8.4 in mineral horizons; carbonates present; less than 25 percent coarse fragments in particle-size control section
Linwood--less than 15 percent rock fragments throughout, pH of 4.5 to 7.8 in organic horizons and 5.6 to 8.4 in mineral horizons
Medo--pH of 6.1 to 7.8 in organic horizons; 0 to 25 percent coarse fragments in mineral horizons
Natchaug--hue ranges to 5YR in mineral horizons; 0 to 30 percent coarse fragments and less than 60 percent clay in mineral horizons
Palms--0 to 30 percent coarse fragments and less than 60 percent clay in mineral horizons; pH of 5.1 to 7.8 in organic horizons and 5.6 to 8.4 in mineral horizons
Philbon--pH of 6.1 to 8.4 in organic horizons and 6.6 to 8.4 in mineral horizons; no coarse fragments throughout
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--0 to 215 m
Mean annual precipitation--450 to 1800 mm
Mean annual air temperature--9 to 11 degrees C
Frost-free period--150 to 240 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bellingham,
Norma--mineral soils; in depressions of drift plains
Fishtrap--loamy sand or sand with less than 10 percent clay in particle-size control section; in similar positions of outwash terraces
Kickerville--no aquic conditions; on outwash terraces and drift plains
Pangborn,
Seattle--no mineral soil material within 130 cm of the soil surface; in similar positions and landscapes
Sumas,
Rennie--mineral soils; on flood plains
Salzer--mineral soils; on similar landforms of river valleys
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--very poorly drained
Depth to apparent seasonal water table--0 to 30 cm at times from October through May, 0 to 100 cm or more in June through September
Flooding--none to frequent, brief to long periods in October through June
Ponding--none to frequent, very long periods in October through July
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)--moderately high or high in Oa horizon, low to very high in 2Bg and 2Cg horizons
Ponding and the seasonal high water table in some pedons may be altered by artificial drainage.
Flooding in some pedons may be altered by flood protection structures.
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--livestock grazing, hay production, and crop production in cleared and/or artificially drained or protected areas; wildlife habitat
Native vegetation--Douglas spirea, redosier dogwood, willow, skunk cabbage, slough sedge, and bulrush; some areas have an overstory of red alder, Sitka spruce, western redcedar, and lodgepole pine
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western Washington, west of the Cascade Mountains; MLRA 2; moderate extent
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Grays Harbor Area, Washington; 1970
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features in this pedon
*Particle-size control section--zone from 94 to 130 cm
*Histic epipedon--zone from the surface to a depth of 94 cm
*Terric feature--zone from 94 cm to 150 cm
*Histosols control section--zone from the surface to a depth of 130 cm
*Aquic conditions--zone from the surface to a depth of 150 cm
*Endosaturation--zone from the surface to a depth of 150 cm
11/2016--The official series description was edited according to SSR01 Technical Note--Content and Format of Official Series Descriptions (revised 12/2015).
ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization data--number 04N0410 (user pedon ID 03WA055010)
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.