Soil: Pineview Clay Association (1) 
Parent Material: Lacustrine; stratified clay over till.
Classification:     Podzolized Orthic Gray Wooded; Gleyed Orthic Gray Luvisol, 1970.
Profile Description: Profile No. 1 (dominant soil type) Profile No. 2 (minor soil type) 
Profile No. 1 (dominant soil type)
Horizon Depth (cm.) Description 
Aoo  (0-2.5.) Dark brown partly decomposed needles, twigs, moss dead wood, etc. 
Ao  (2.5-5)  Black well decomposed organic matter. Numerous small feeding roots. 
A1  (5-7.5)  Black friable mixture of organic matter and mineral soil. Small granular structure. pH 4.61. 
A2  (7.5-17.5)  Light gray clay. Wheat size granules which get larger with deep adherence to one another. pH 5.10. 
A3  (17.5-25)  Light gray clay. Fragmentary structure 1/4-inch in diameter at top, increasing to 3/4-inch diameter in lower part. Heavier than A2, with the appearanace of being leached. pH 5.12. 
B1  (25-45) Brown heavy clay, with slightly reddish tinge. Large fragmentary structure and heavies texture of any horizon. Cracks vertically on drying. pH 5.19. 
B2  (45-55) Heavy clay but not as heavy as B1. Light gray broken laminations alternating with dark ones. No evidence of accumulated lime. pH 6.25. 
C    Heavy varved clay, with thin horizontal cleavage. Alternation of light and dark layers to grayish brown. pH 7.56. 
Chemical Analysis
Horizon Depth
cm.		 Ignition
Loss
%		 Organic
Carbon
%		 O.M.
%		 Exchangable  Easily Soluble
P2O5
ppm		 pH 
CaO
%		 MgO
%		 K2O
% 
Ao 2.5-5  88.00 -  -  - - - - - 
A1 5-7.5  34.40 17.08 29.42 0.21 0.084 0.064 61  4.61 
A2 7.5-17.5  11.83 4.05  7.05  0.18 0.082 0.060 32  5.10 
A3 17.5-25  8.18  2.16  3.72  0.15 0.084 0.053 28  5.12 
B1 25-45 6.54  1.29  2.22  0.22 0.081 0.038 35  5.19 
B2 45-55 3.79  0.32  0.55  0.29 0.078 0.034 1,585 6.25 
C  55+  3.89  0.22  0.38  0.28 0.082 0.028 1,616 7.56 
 
Horizon Depth
cm.		   N 
%		 SiO2
%		 Al2O3
%		 Fe2O3
%		 CaO
%		 MgO
%		 K2O
%		 Na2O
%		 Co
ppm		 P 2O5
% 
Ao 2.5-5 - - - - - - - - - - 
A1 5-7.5  0.63 36.05 16.70 8.47  3.31 2.10 1.61 1.55 41 0.27 
A2 7.5-17.5  0.31 50.00 21.15 11.71 3.60 2.82 2.00 1.48 50 0.28 
A3 17.5-25  0.20 53.39 20.88 11.86 3.46 2.45 2.03 0.94 25 0.20 
B1 25-45 0.13 55.15 22.31 10.54 2.77 2.80 1.93 0.71 - 0.15 
B2 45-55 0.04 58.89 21.98 9.52  2.28 3.66 1.94 0.88 - 0.18 
C  55+  0.04 57.59 22.17 9.85  2.07 3.73 2.11 0.82 - 0.20 
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Profile No. 2(minor soil type)
Horizon Depth (cm.) Description 
Aoo (0-1.25) Dark brown partly decomposed needles, twigs, moss, dead wood, etc. 
Ao (1.25-3.75) Dark brown well decomposed organic matter, with a large number of small feeding roots. 
A1 (3.75-6.25) Black friable Mixture of organic matter and mineral soil. Small granular structure, some of the granules having a soft core of concretionary iron. pH 4.55. 
A2 (6.25-27.5) Ashy gray clay with small granular structure at the top, becoming platy in the center of horizon and platy-granular combination in the lower part. The granules increase in size with depth, some having a core of concretionary iron. pH 5.31. 
A3 (27.5-35) Light gray clay with slight yellowish tinge when damp. Small fragmentary structure. More compact and heavier than horizon above. pH 5.01. 
B1 (35-41.25) Brownish yellow clay, the color being from concretionary iron particles with brownish centers and yellowish fringes on a gray background. Fragmentary structure and vertical cracking, the fragments being one inch in diameter capable of breaking down into small ones of the same shape. pH 5.52. 
B2 (41.25-53.75) Grayish brown clay with iron accumulation and fragmentary structure 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Compact and heaviest horizons in profile. pH 5.80. 
B3 (53.75-73.75) Clay with horizontal layering and some evidence of broken lamination. Alternating brown and light gray layers about 1/2-inch thick. Partly weathered parent material, compact and heavy. pH 6.40. 
C   Heavy varved clay with alternation of gray and dark brown layers. Main horizontal cleavage is about 1/2-inch apart. pH 6.55. 
Chemical Analysis
Horizon Depth
cm.		 Ignition
Loss
%		 Organic
Carbon
%		 O.M.
%		 Exchangable  Easily Soluble
P2O5
ppm		 pH 
CaO
%		 MgO
%		 K2O
% 
Ao 1.25-3.75  83.24 -  -  - - - - - 
A1 3.75-6.25  22.85 13.85 23.87 0.31 0.082 0.045 127  4.55 
A2 6.25-27.5  4.00  1.33  2.29  0.12 0.040 0.020 308  5.31 
A3 27.5-35  3.01  0.66  1.13  0.11 0.048 0.020 476  5.01 
B1 35-41.25  4.17  0.38  0.65  0.32 0.084 0.031 264  5.52 
B2 41.25-53.75 4.15  0.39  0.65  0.42 0.092 0.030 544  5.80 
B3 53.75-73.75 4.05  0.37  0.63  0.46 0.085 0.028 926  6.40 
C    3.67  -  -  0.46 0.083 0.094 1,189 6.55 
 
Horizon Depth
cm.		   N 
%		 SiO2
%		 Al2O3
%		 Fe2O3
%		 CaO
%		 MgO
%		 K2O
%		 Na2O
%		 Co
ppm		 P 2O5
% 
Ao 1.25-3.75  - - - - - - - - - - 
A1 3.75-6.25  0.52 46.89 13.78 8.36 2.69 2.26 1.37 0.75 21 0.31 
A2 6.25-27.5  0.09 67.73 15.66 7.41 2.37 2.26 1.65 0.83 18 0.30 
A3 27.5-35  0.07 65.90 16.12 9.02 2.59 2.46 1.82 1.03 14 0.27 
B1 35-41.25  0.06 60.64 20.43 9.85 1.96 2.81 2.08 0.85 - 0.12 
B2 41.25-53.75 0.06 58.94 20.00 10.14 2.75 2.84 1.98 0.91 - 0.11 
B3 53.75-73.75 0.05 58.49 20.15 9.82 3.10 2.84 2.22 0.86 - 0.13 
C    - - - - - - 1.65 0.95 - 0.15 
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Reference: B.C. Soil Survey, Report No. 2. 1946. 
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