IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onyx
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WA021004
  • User Pedon ID: 87WA021004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0210
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60333
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 46.7361107
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3422241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet S, 900 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA021—Franklin
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Gehring and T. Reedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onyx
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onyx
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—100

    18—100

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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

    0

    —

    —

    300

    —

    30

    —

    —

    10

    —

    —

    11

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01103. many very fine roots throughout
    1A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01104. many very fine roots throughout
    1Bw1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01105. Finely laminated strata less than 2 mm thickness.
    1Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01106. many very fine roots throughout
    1BAb—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 30 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01107. Finely laminated strata less than 2 mm thickness.; few very fine roots throughout
    1Ab1—69 to 119 centimeters (27.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01108. few very fine roots throughout
    1Bb2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 88P01109. few very fine roots throughout