IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Staley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985WA075007
  • User Pedon ID: 85WA075007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985WA075007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57874
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024
  • 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: 46.9866676
  • Std. Longitude: -117.4808350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 42E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1,200 feet S and 2,150 feet E of NE corner
  • Location Description: 6 mi E of Steptoe, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA075—Whitman
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Gentry, R. Engel, A. Busacca, and B. Frazier
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Staley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Calcic 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: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    Idaho fescue

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

    natric horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—48

    —-

    —-

    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

    28

    717

    135

    48

    9

    20

    -2

    10

    21

    -1

    1Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00367. many very fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00368. common very fine roots throughout
    1Ap3—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; 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; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P00369. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 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 # 86P00370. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bk1—48 to 62 centimeters (18.9 to 24.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00371. Disseminated lime in matrix, few continuous prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) lime coats in seams and pores.; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk2—62 to 84 centimeters (24.4 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00372. Disseminated lime matrix, common continuous prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) lime coats in seams and pores.; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk3—84 to 120 centimeters (33.1 to 47.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 2.5 very fine roots top of horizon; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00373. Platy at upper boundary, no roots below platy upper boundary, few continuous prominent white (10YR 8/1) in seams.; many lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots in mat at top of horizon; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219667; continuous - phpvsfiid 219667
    1Bk4—120 to 147 centimeters (47.2 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00374. Disseminated lime in matrix; few continuous prominent white (10YR 8/1) lime coats in seams, few coarse vertical pores filled with lime.; common lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219668; continuous - phpvsfiid 219668
    1Bk5—147 to 194 centimeters (57.9 to 76.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00375. Disseminated lime in matrix, few continuous prominent white (10YR 8/1) lime coats in seams, few coarse vertical pores with lime on walls.; common lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219669; continuous - phpvsfiid 219669
    1Bk6—194 to 212 centimeters (76.4 to 83.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 86P00376. Disseminated lime in matrix, very few continuous prominent white (10YR 8/1) lime coats in seams and pores, few coarse vertical pores.; effervescence is continuous