IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adamslake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WA077002
  • User Pedon ID: 07WA676002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WA077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0723
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62656
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.1933360
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9606830
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4; about 2,300 feet north and 1,800 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile northwest of Simon Butte on a logging road off of IXL Road.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA077—Yakima
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PAS—Pasco, Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA676—Yakama Nation Closed Area, Washington, Parts of Klickitat and Yakima Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, amorphic, frigid Alfic Humic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Adamslake (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountadams
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash over residuum weathered from basalt
  • Landform: mountain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FRAGA

    LUPIN

    LUPIN

    PIPO

    PIPO

    PSME

    PSME

    VICIA

    Fragaria

    Lupinus

    Lupinus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Vicia

    strawberry

    lupine

    lupine

    ponderosa pine

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    Douglas-fir

    vetch

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    5—76

    5—107

    76—160

    107—160

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    1055

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04273
    Bw—15 to 61 centimeters (5.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04274
    Bt1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; ashy sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04275
    Bt2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; paragravelly ashy sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-145-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 5-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04276
    2Bt3—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 5-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary.
    2Bt4—147 to 160 centimeters (57.9 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 35 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-145-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 5-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.