IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gunn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WA039005
  • User Pedon ID: 86WA039005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986WA039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59354
  • 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: 45.8901350
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9988860
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet N and 2600 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Klickitat County, WA. 8 miles NW of Goldendale
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Haagen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gunn (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gunn (flagged as OSD)
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very 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

    PIPO

    PUTR2

    QUGA4

    Pinus ponderosa

    Purshia tridentata

    Quercus garryana

    ponderosa pine

    antelope bitterbrush

    Oregon white oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—46

    46—168

    —-

    —-

    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

    2

    450

    180

    56

    9

    19

    -2

    9

    322608

    1A 1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00319; dry when described;. many very fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    1A 2—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00320; dry when described;. many very fine roots; few coarse roots throughout
    1BA t—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00321; dry when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1399673; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1399673
    1B t1—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00322; dry when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1399674; continuous - phpvsfiid 1399674
    1B t2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00323; dry when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1399675; continuous - phpvsfiid 1399675
    1BC t—114 to 168 centimeters (44.9 to 66.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 5.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P00324; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots in cracks; continuous - phpvsfiid 1399676; continuous - phpvsfiid 1399676