IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nansene
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985WA075004
  • User Pedon ID: 85WA075004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985WA075004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57871
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.7083321
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7752762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1,500 feet S and 2,150 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: About 7 mi SW of Dusty, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA075—Whitman
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Gentry, R. Engel, A. Busacca, B. Frazier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nansene
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nansene
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • 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:
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSP

    FEID

    Agropyron spicatum

    Festuca idahoensis

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    Idaho fescue

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—56

    56—206

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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

    31

    —

    —

    494

    —

    315

    36

    —

    —

    10

    22

    -1

    11

    23

    0

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    1Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00339. many very fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium 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 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00340. common very fine roots throughout
    1A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak 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 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00341. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material.; common very fine roots throughout
    1AB—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak 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 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00342. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material.; common very fine roots throughout
    1BA—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00343. Light (10YR 3/3) moist to 81 cm combined during sampling.; common coats surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; common very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219649; patchy - phpvsfiid 219649
    1Bw1—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00344. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material.; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—135 to 206 centimeters (53.1 to 81.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00345. Very few rodent burrows filled with dark colored surface material.; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bk—206 to 254 centimeters (81.1 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 86P00346. Roots only in upper 13 cm.; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219650; continuous - phpvsfiid 219650