IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sagemoor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA005001
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987WA005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0552
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59847
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Washington
  • County: WA005—Benton
  • MLRA: 7—Columbia Basin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Reedy and R. Engel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durixerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sagemoor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sagemoor
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • 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

    ARTR3

    POSE

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia trifurcata

    Poa secunda

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    Sandberg bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—19

    19—57

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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

    9

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    370

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    0

    16

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    1A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02936; dry when described;. many fine roots; many very fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—4 to 57 centimeters (1.6 to 22.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02939; dry when described;. common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout
    1A2—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very coarse platy, and weak coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02937; dry when described;. common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw1—19 to 44 centimeters (7.5 to 17.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02938; dry when described;. common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout
    2Bk1—57 to 80 centimeters (22.4 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02940; dry when described;. common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 222031; patchy - phpvsfiid 222031
    2Bk2—80 to 92 centimeters (31.5 to 36.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent medium irregular lime masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02941; dry when described;. many medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 222032; patchy - phpvsfiid 222032
    2Bkm—92 to 132 centimeters (36.2 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, 50 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior and 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak fine platy structure; hard, firm by carbonates, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 30 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02942; dry when described;. Weakly cemented. Not considered a duripan in the field. Thought to be lime cemented.; many medium lime concretions concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 222033; patchy - phpvsfiid 222033
    2Bk3—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 50 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior and 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 30 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P02943; dry when described;. many medium soft masses of lime concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 222034; patchy - phpvsfiid 222034