IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Itat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WA039001
  • User Pedon ID: 86WA039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986WA039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59350
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025
  • 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: 45.9152794
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5847244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet N and 1600 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Klickitat County, WA. 12 miles NE of Goldendale
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Haagen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Itat
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAGE2

    PIPO

    QUGA4

    Carex geyeri

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus garryana

    Geyer's sedge

    ponderosa pine

    Oregon white oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—56

    56—125

    125—0

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    10

    807

    180

    51

    9

    17

    -3

    10

    322608

    O—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00293; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots
    AB—7 to 27 centimeters (2.8 to 10.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00294; dry when described;. Trace of quartz pebble.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    BA—27 to 58 centimeters (10.6 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00295; dry when described;. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00296; dry when described;. 45 percent saprolite.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 221290; patchy - phpvsfiid 221290
    BCt—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; very cobbly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00297; dry when described;. 40 percent saprolite.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221291; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221291
    Cr—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P00298. Weathered basalt.