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Preface
Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas.
They highlight soil limitations that affect various land uses and provide information
about the properties of the soils in the survey areas. Soil surveys are designed for
many different users, including farmers, ranchers,foresters, agronomists, urban
planners, community officials, engineers, developers, builders, and home buyers.
Also, conservationists, teachers, students, and specialists in recreation,waste
disposal, and pollution control can use the surveys to help them understand,
protect, or enhance the environment.
Various land use regulations of Federal, State, and local governments may impose
special restrictions on land use or land treatment. Soil surveys identify soil
properties that are used in making various land use or land treatment decisions.
The information is intended to help the land users identify and reduce the effects of
soil limitations on various land uses. The landowner or user is responsible for
identifying and complying with existing laws and regulations.
Although soil survey information can be used for general farm, local, and wider area
planning, onsite investigation is needed to supplement this information in some
cases. Examples include soil quality assessments (http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/
portal/nrcs/main/soils/health/) and certain conservation and engineering
applications. For more detailed information, contact your local USDA Service Center
(https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nres) or your NRCS State Soil
Scientist(http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/detail/soils/contactus/?
cid=nres142p2_053951).
Great differences in soil properties can occur within short distances. Some soils are
seasonally wet or subject to flooding. Some are too unstable to be used as a
foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to use as
septic tank absorption fields.A high water table makes a soil poorly suited to
basements or underground installations.
The National Cooperative Soil Survey is a joint effort of the United States
Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the
Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) has leadership for the Federal part of the National
Cooperative Soil Survey.
Information about soils is updated periodically. Updated information is available
through the NRCS Web Soil Survey, the site for official soil survey information.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA)prohibits discrimination in all its
programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability,
and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion,
sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a
part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not
all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require
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alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.)should contact USDA's TARGET Center at(202) 720-2600(voice
and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination,write to USDA, Director, Office of
Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or
call(800)795-3272 (voice)or(202)720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
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Contents
Preface 2
Soil Map 5
Soil Map 6
Legend 7
Map Unit Legend 8
Map Unit Descriptions 8
Washington County, Oregon 10
45C—Woodburn silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes 10
References 12
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Soil Map
The soil map section includes the soil map for the defined area of interest, a list of
soil map units on the map and extent of each map unit, and cartographic symbols
displayed on the map.Also presented are various metadata about data used to
produce the map, and a description of each soil map unit.
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MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION
Area of Interest(AO1) Spoil Area The soil surveys that comprise your A01 were mapped at
Area of Interest(AOI) 1:20,000.
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Soils Very Stony Spot
Soil Map Unit Polygons co Very Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.
Wet Spot
,.tin Soil Map Unit Lines Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause
Other misunderstandingof the detail of mapping and accuracyof soil
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Special Line Features line placement.The maps do not show the small areas of
Special Point Features contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed
tv Blowout Water Features scale.
Streams and Canals
Borrow Pit
Transportation Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map
�}( Clay Spot +rr Rails measurements.
Closed Depression
,.,,. Interstate Highways
Gravel Pit Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service
US Routes Web Soil Survey URL:
Gravelly Spot Major Roads Coordinate System: Web Mercator(EPSG:3857)
tlj Landfill Local Roads Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator
ALava Flow Background projection,which preserves direction and shape but distorts
distance and area.A projection that preserves area,such as the
Marsh or swamp M Aerial Photography Albers equal-area conic projection,should be used if more
v4 Mine or Quarry accurate calculations of distance or area are required.
Miscellaneous Water This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as
• Perennial Water of the version date(s)listed below.
Al Rock Outcrop Soil Survey Area: Washington County,Oregon
+ Saline Spot Survey Area Data: Version 14,Sep 16,2016
Sandy Spot Soil map units are labeled(as space allows)for map scales
g, Severely Eroded Spot 1:50,000 or larger.
• Sinkhole Date(s)aerial images were photographed: Aug 3,2014—Aug
Slide or Slip 23,2014
• Sodic Spot The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were
compiled and digitized probably differs from the background
imagery displayed on these maps.As a result,some minor
shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident.
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Map Unit Legend
Washington County,Oregon(OR067)
Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Acres in AOI Percent of AOl
45C Woodbum silt loam,7 to 12 ! 2.2 I 100.0%
percent slopes
Totals for Area of Interest 2.2111 — -
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Map Unit Descriptions
The map units delineated on the detailed soil maps in a soil survey represent the
soils or miscellaneous areas in the survey area. The map unit descriptions, along
with the maps, can be used to determine the composition and properties of a unit.
A map unit delineation on a soil map represents an area dominated by one or more
major kinds of soil or miscellaneous areas.A map unit is identified and named
according to the taxonomic classification of the dominant soils. Within a taxonomic
class there are precisely defined limits for the properties of the soils. On the
landscape, however, the soils are natural phenomena, and they have the
characteristic variability of all natural phenomena. Thus, the range of some
observed properties may extend beyond the limits defined for a taxonomic class.
Areas of soils of a single taxonomic class rarely, if ever, can be mapped without
including areas of other taxonomic classes. Consequently, every map unit is made
up of the soils or miscellaneous areas for which it is named and some minor
components that belong to taxonomic classes other than those of the major soils.
Most minor soils have properties similar to those of the dominant soil or soils in the
map unit, and thus they do not affect use and management. These are called
noncontrasting, or similar, components. They may or may not be mentioned in a
particular map unit description. Other minor components, however, have properties
and behavioral characteristics divergent enough to affect use or to require different
management. These are called contrasting, or dissimilar, components. They
generally are in small areas and could not be mapped separately because of the
scale used. Some small areas of strongly contrasting soils or miscellaneous areas
are identified by a special symbol on the maps. If included in the database for a
given area, the contrasting minor components are identified in the map unit
descriptions along with some characteristics of each.A few areas of minor
components may not have been observed, and consequently they are not
mentioned in the descriptions, especially where the pattern was so complex that it
was impractical to make enough observations to identify all the soils and
miscellaneous areas on the landscape.
The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the
usefulness or accuracy of the data. The objective of mapping is not to delineate
pure taxonomic classes but rather to separate the landscape into Iandforms or
landform segments that have similar use and management requirements. The
delineation of such segments on the map provides sufficient information for the
development of resource plans. If intensive use of small areas is planned, however,
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onsite investigation is needed to define and locate the soils and miscellaneous
areas.
An identifying symbol precedes the map unit name in the map unit descriptions.
Each description includes general facts about the unit and gives important soil
properties and qualities.
Soils that have profiles that are almost alike make up a soil series. Except for
differences in texture of the surface layer, all the soils of a series have major
horizons that are similar in composition, thickness, and arrangement.
Soils of one series can differ in texture of the surface layer, slope, stoniness,
salinity, degree of erosion, and other characteristics that affect their use. On the
basis of such differences, a soil series is divided into soil phases. Most of the areas
shown on the detailed soil maps are phases of soil series. The name of a soil phase
commonly indicates a feature that affects use or management. For example, Alpha
silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is a phase of the Alpha series.
Some map units are made up of two or more major soils or miscellaneous areas.
These map units are complexes, associations, or undifferentiated groups.
A complex consists of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas in such an intricate
pattern or in such small areas that they cannot be shown separately on the maps.
The pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar
in all areas.Alpha-Beta complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is an example.
An association is made up of two or more geographically associated soils or
miscellaneous areas that are shown as one unit on the maps. Because of present
or anticipated uses of the map units in the survey area, it was not considered
practical or necessary to map the soils or miscellaneous areas separately.The
pattern and relative proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat
similar.Alpha-Beta association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.
An undifferentiated group is made up of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas
that could be mapped individually but are mapped as one unit because similar
interpretations can be made for use and management. The pattern and proportion
of the soils or miscellaneous areas in a mapped area are not uniform.An area can
be made up of only one of the major soils or miscellaneous areas, or it can be made
up of all of them.Alpha and Beta soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.
Some surveys include miscellaneous areas. Such areas have little or no soil
material and support little or no vegetation. Rock outcrop is an example.
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Washington County, Oregon
45C—Woodburn silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: 220b
Elevation: 150 to 400 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 40 to 50 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F
Frost-free period: 165 to 210 days
Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance
Map Unit Composition
Woodburn and similar soils: 85 percent
Minor components: 1 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Woodburn
Setting
Landform: Terraces
Landform position(three-dimensional): Riser
Down-slope shape: Linear
Across-slope shape: Linear
Parent material: Old alluvium
Typical profile
H1 -0 to 16 inches: silt loam
H2- 16 to 31 inches: silty clay loam
H3-31 to 60 inches: silt loam
Properties and qualities
Slope: 7 to 12 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Moderately well drained
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to
moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr)
Depth to water table: About 25 to 32 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available water storage in profile: High (about 12.0 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification(irrigated): 2e
Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 2e
Hydrologic Soil Group: C
Other vegetative classification: Moderately Well Drained < 15% Slopes
(G002XY004OR)
Hydric soil rating: No
Minor Components
Dayton
Percent of map unit: 1 percent
Landform: Terraces
Landform position(three-dimensional): Tread
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Down-slope shape: Linear
Across-slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Poorly Drained (G002XY006OR)
Hydric soil rating: Yes
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References
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials(AASHTO).
2004. Standard specifications for transportation materials and methods of sampling
and testing. 24th edition.
American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM). 2005. Standard classification of
soils for engineering purposes.ASTM Standard D2487-00.
Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of
wetlands and deep-water habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service FWS/OBS-79/31.
Federal Register. July 13, 1994. Changes in hydric soils of the United States.
Federal Register. September 18, 2002. Hydric soils of the United States.
Hurt, G.W., and L.M.Vasilas, editors.Version 6.0, 2006. Field indicators of hydric
soils in the United States.
National Research Council. 1995. Wetlands: Characteristics and boundaries.
Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation Service.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18. http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/
n res/detail/national/soils/?cid=nres142p2_054262
Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy:A basic system of soil classification for
making and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436. http://
www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/detail/national/soils/?cid=nres142p2_053577
Soil Survey Staff. 2010. Keys to soil taxonomy. 11th edition. U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://
www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/detail/national/soils/?cid=nres142p2_053580
Tiner, R.W., Jr. 1985.Wetlands of Delaware. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Wetlands
Section.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of
Engineers wetlands delineation manual. Waterways Experiment Station Technical
Report Y-87-1.
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
National forestry manual. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/
home/?cid=nres142p2_053374
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
National range and pasture handbook. http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/
detail/national/landuse/rangepasture/?cid=stelprdb1043084
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United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
National soil survey handbook, title 430-VI. http:l/www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/
n res/detail/soils/scientists/?cid=n res 142p2_054242
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
2006. Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States,
the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook
296. http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/n res/detail/national/soils/?
cid=n res 142 p2_053624
United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1961. Land
capability classification. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 210. http://
www.n rcs.usda.gov/I nternet/F SE_DOC U M ENTS/n res 142p2_052290.pdf
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MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION
Area of Interest(Aol) 0 C The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at
Area of Interest(AOI) 1:20,000.
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Soil Rating Polygons ® 0 Warning:Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.
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Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause
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Soil Rating Lines Coordinate System: Web Mercator(EPSG:3857)
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▪ ND projection,which preserves direction and shape but distorts
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▪ A Soil Survey Area: Washington County,Oregon
Survey Area Data: Version 15,Sep 19,2017
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■ B Your area of interest(AOI)includes more than one soil survey
area.These survey areas may have been mapped at different
▪ B/D scales,with a different land use in mind,at different times,or at
different levels of detail.This may result in map unit symbols,soil
properties,and interpretations that do not completely agree
across soil survey area boundaries.
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MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION
Soil map units are labeled(as space allows)for map scales
1:50,000 or larger.
Date(s)aerial images were photographed: Aug 3,2014—Aug
23,2014
The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were
compiled and digitized probably differs from the background
imagery displayed on these maps.As a result,some minor
shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident.
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Table—Hydrologic Soil Group
Map unit symbol Map unit name Rating Acres in AO1 Percent of AOI
8B Cascade-Urban land C 0.1 0.1%
complex,0 to 8
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8C Cascade-Urban land C 0.1 0.2%
complex,8 to 15
percent slopes
8D Cascade-Urban land C 0.0 0.0%
complex,15 to 30
percent slopes
Subtotals for Soil Survey Area 0.3 0.3%
Totals for Area of Interest 83.5 100.0%
Map unit symbol Map unit name Rating Acres in AOI Percent of AOI
7B f Cascade silt loam,3 to 7 i C 6.4 7.7%
percent slopes
7C Cascade silt loam,7 to C 36.1 43.2%
12 percent slopes
7D Cascade silt loam,12 to C 14.8 17.7%
20 percent slopes
7E Cascade silt loam,20 to C 6.0 7.1%
30 percent slopes
19C Helvetia silt loam,7 to 12 C 1.5 1.8%
percent slopes
45B Woodbum silt loam,3 to C 1.3 1.5%
7 percent slopes
45C Woodbum silt loam,7 to C 17.2 20.6%
12 percent slopes
Subtotals for Soil Survey Area 83.2 99.7%
Totals for Area of Interest 83.5 100.0%
Rating Options—Hydrologic Soil Group
Aggregation Method: Dominant Condition
Component Percent Cutoff:None Specified
Tie-break Rule: Higher
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