IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978WA039002
  • User Pedon ID: 78WA039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0258
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45812
  • Print Date: 2/18/2025

    • 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: 45.9997399
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3171118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: About 1800 feet est and 400 feet south of the northwest corner of section
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • 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

  • Describers Name: A.G. and E.H.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, amorphic, frigid Humic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Glen (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glen
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy Umbric Vitrandepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or alluvium derived from basalt
  • Landform: low terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    0—152

    28—152

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    —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
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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01279
    Bw1—28 to 91 centimeters (11.0 to 35.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01280
    Bw2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01281
    Bw3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly ashy sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 0.9 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # 78P01282