IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA017003
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59797
  • 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: 47.5888901
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8330536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA017—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitritorrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kester
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kester
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (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
    • 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
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    705

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    1Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02654. few very fine and fine roots
    1A—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02655. few very fine and fine roots
    1A—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02656
    1Bk—81 to 89 centimeters (31.9 to 35.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy coarse sand; single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P02657
    1R—89 centimeters (35.0 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Basalt bedrock.