IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chard

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1985WA075005

User Pedon ID: 85WA075005

Vegetation Plot ID: S1985WA075005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 86P0067

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57872

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: 46.7811127

Std. Longitude: -117.7930527

Datum: WGS84

Township: 15N

Range: 40E

Section: 6

PLSS Details: 350 feet N and 2,200 feet E of SW corner

Location Description: About 2 mi E of Lacrosse, WA.

State: Washington

County: WA075—Whitman

MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

PEDON

Describers Name: H. Gentry, R. Engel, A. Busacca, and B. Frazier

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 5

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Chard

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Calcic Haploxerolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985

Moisture Class - xeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: terrace—outwash or marine

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

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 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

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 POSE	Agropyron spicatum Festuca idahoensis Poa secunda	— Idaho fescue Sandberg bluegrass	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon	0—81	—-

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
4	—	—	473	—	225	36	—	—	10	22	-1	11	23	0	—	—	—	—	—

1A—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00348. many very fine roots throughout

1A1—1 to 8 centimeters (0.4 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00348. common very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout

1AB—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00349. common very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout

1AB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00350. common very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout

1BA—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00351. common very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout

1Bw—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00352. common very fine roots throughout; few fine and medium roots throughout

1Bw—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00353. Disseminated lime in matrix.; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few fine and medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219651; continuous - phpvsfiid 219651

2Bkqm—97 to 104 centimeters (38.2 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, weakly cemented by carbonates, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Disseminated lime in matrix; common continuous prominent white (10YR 8/1) lime coats in seams and pores.; few very fine roots in cracks; few fine and medium roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous

2Bk—104 to 183 centimeters (40.9 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lenses of sandi desseminated lime in matrix.; few fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous