IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benwy

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1988WA037001

User Pedon ID: 88WA037001

Vegetation Plot ID: S1988WA037001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0436

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60554

Print Date: 12/11/2024

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: 46.8502769

Std. Longitude: -120.2799988

Datum: WGS84

Township: 16N

Range: 20E

Section: 26

PLSS Details: 1200 feet W and 900 feet S of NE corner

Location Description: About 9 miles Se of Kittitas, WA.

State: Washington

County: WA037—Kittitas

MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Simonson and K. Hanley

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Calcic Argixerolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Benwy

Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Benwy

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Calcic Argixeroll

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: piedmont

Landform: alluvial fan

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Down: linear

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

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 ARTR4 POSE	Agropyron spicatum Artemisia tripartita Poa secunda	— threetip sagebrush Sandberg bluegrass	— — —	— — —	— — —

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
16	—	—	206	—	0	250	—	—	9	21	-4	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02253. many very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout

1A—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02254. many very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout

1Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02255. Many coarse cicada casts.; common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 223083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223082; patchy - phpvsfiid 223083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223082

1Bt2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Many coarse cicada casts.; few fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 223085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223084; patchy - phpvsfiid 223085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223084

2Bk—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. few fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

2Btk—109 to 114 centimeters (42.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. 3 to 8 cm argillic horizon not continuous through profile.; common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 223087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223086; patchy - phpvsfiid 223087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223086

2Bkg—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly loam; massive; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Not continuous throughout profile, some area in pit go from 6th horizon to 9th.; common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

3Bkqm—124 to 134 centimeters (48.8 to 52.8 inches); fragments.