IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingtain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978WA039003
  • User Pedon ID: 78WA039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0259
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45813
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 46.0430565
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4319458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 8 Km NE of Trout Lake 519 meters S and 366 meters W of NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.G. and E.H.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic, frigid Humic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingtain
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingtain
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, frigid Andic Xerumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (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
    • 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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    25

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dry; very stony loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01283. many very fine roots; common roots
    1A3—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01284. many very fine roots; few roots
    1B21—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01285. many very fine roots; few roots
    2B22—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01286. common very fine and fine roots
    2B23—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P01287. few very fine and fine roots