IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wacota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA021001
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987WA021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59793
  • 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: 46.7197227
  • Std. Longitude: -118.5783310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet W and 900 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA021—Franklin
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. L. Olson and T. Reedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrixerandic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wacota
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wacota
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, nonacid, mesic Xeric Torriorthent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    durinodes

    0—18

    18—84

    140—153

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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

    4

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    433

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    270

    28

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    10

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    11

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    1Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02636; moist when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate very coarse platy, and moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02637; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02638; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—41 to 84 centimeters (16.1 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02639; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bk—84 to 140 centimeters (33.1 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats throughout; 11 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02640; dry when described;. common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features throughout; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 221970; continuous - phpvsfiid 221970
    1Bkqm—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; extremely hard, very friable by carbonates and silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 55 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on nodules; 30 percent coarse irregular durinodes; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 87P02641; dry when described;. many coarse durinodes concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on nodules; very few to few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 221971; continuous - phpvsfiid 221971