IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Firoke

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1986WA039006

User Pedon ID: 10WA6761914

Vegetation Plot ID: S1986WA039006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 87P0059

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59355

Print Date: 11/24/2024

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: 46.0027430

Std. Longitude: -121.4173970

Datum: WGS84

Township: 6N

Range: 11E

Section: 15

PLSS Details: 800 feet N and 2500 feet E of the SW corner

Location Description: Klickitat County, WA. 5 miles E of Trout Lake.

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: WA676—Yakama Nation Closed Area, Washington, Parts of Klickitat and Yakima Counties

PEDON

Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic, frigid Humic Vitrixerands

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Firoke

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/10/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Firoke

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: colluvium derived from basalt and volancaic ash

Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus

Landform: hillside or mountainside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

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
ABGR ABGR CAGE2 CAGE2 PSMEG PSMEG	Abies grandis Abies grandis Carex geyeri Carex geyeri Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca	grand fir grand fir Geyer's sedge Geyer's sedge Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon andic soil properties cambic horizon	0—48 0—152 48—152	—- —- —-

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
12	—	—	795	—	225	112	—	—	6	17	-5	7	—	—	—	—	—	565906	—

A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; ashy fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0325; dry when described;. .05% surface stones.; many very fine roots; common coarse roots throughout

AB—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; gravelly ashy fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0326; dry when described;. many very fine roots; common coarse roots throughout

Bw1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; very cobbly ashy sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0327; dry when described;. many very fine roots; few coarse roots throughout

Bw2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly ashy sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0328; dry when described;. many very fine roots; few fine roots throughout

Bw3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; extremely stony ashy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0329; dry when described;. common very fine roots; few fine roots throughout

Bw4—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly ashy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 55 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P0330; dry when described;. common very fine roots; few fine roots throughout