IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGowan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WA039003
  • User Pedon ID: 86WA039003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986WA039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59352
  • 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: 45.7458344
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4250031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet N and 100 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Klickitat County, WA. 2 miles NE of White Salmon
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Haagen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McGowan
  • PSC - 72 to 122 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McGowan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • 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

    ABGR

    ACCI

    PSME

    Abies grandis

    Acer circinatum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    grand fir

    vine maple

    Douglas-fir

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    72—200

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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

    8

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    533

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    45

    114

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    8

    18

    -2

    9

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    400306

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    Ac1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 medium interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00306; dry when described;. many coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many very fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    Ac2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00307; dry when described;. many coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many very fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    BAt—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00308; dry when described;. common coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few coarse roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 221294; patchy - phpvsfiid 221294
    Bt1—56 to 77 centimeters (22.0 to 30.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 medium roots between peds and 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00309; dry when described;. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots between peds; common medium roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221295; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221295
    Bt2—77 to 107 centimeters (30.3 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00310; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; few medium roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221296; continuous - phpvsfiid 221296
    Bt3—107 to 139 centimeters (42.1 to 54.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00311; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots in cracks; few medium roots in cracks; continuous - phpvsfiid 221297; continuous - phpvsfiid 221297
    Bt4—139 to 205 centimeters (54.7 to 80.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P00312; dry when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots in cracks; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221298