IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Athena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985WA075001
  • User Pedon ID: 85WA075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57868
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.8938904
  • Std. Longitude: -117.6141663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet W and 2200 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: About 4 mi SE of Endicott, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA075—Whitman
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Gentry, R. Engel, A. Busacca and B. Frazier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Athena
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—56

    56—254

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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

    38

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    —

    570

    —

    45

    41

    —

    —

    9

    21

    -2

    11

    22

    -1

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00300. common very fine roots throughout
    1A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00301. common very fine roots throughout
    1AB—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00302. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; many coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; common very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231149; continuous - phpvsfiid 231149
    1BA—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00303. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw1—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00304. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00305. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw3—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00306. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bw4—180 to 229 centimeters (70.9 to 90.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00307. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bw5—229 to 254 centimeters (90.2 to 100.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 86P00308. Structure weak in place, peds durable.; few very fine roots throughout