IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinbit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WA039002
  • User Pedon ID: 09WA6761581
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WA039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63073
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 46.0266517
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1776438
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet S of the NE corner and 10 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 5 miles E of Glenwood
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PAS—Pasco, Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA639—Klickitat County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, amorphic, mesic Humic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinbit (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 3 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinbit
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and alluvium from basalt
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAGA3

    FEID

    PIPO

    PUTR2

    Carex garberi

    Festuca idahoensis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Purshia tridentata

    elk sedge

    Idaho fescue

    ponderosa pine

    antelope bitterbrush

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

    andic soil properties

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    5—152

    5—29

    29—152

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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

    8

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    640

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oa—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; ashy loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine irregular and 6.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00162
    AB—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; ashy sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine roots and 6.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00163
    Bw1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; ashy sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine roots and 9.0 coarse roots; 0.9 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00164
    Bw2—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly ashy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.9 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bw3—104 to 155 centimeters (40.9 to 61.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly ashy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.0 fine roots; very fine irregular pores; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.