IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheviot

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1988WA037003

User Pedon ID: 88WA037003

Vegetation Plot ID: S1988WA037003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0438

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60556

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: 46.8750000

Std. Longitude: -120.4783325

Datum: WGS84

Township: 16N

Range: 19E

Section: 17

PLSS Details: 2600 feet E and 2200 feet N of SW corner

Location Description: About 11 miles S of Vantage, WA.

State: Washington

County: WA037—Kittitas

MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

PEDON

Describers Name: B. Gordon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 3

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cheviot

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Aridic Argixerolls

Classificaton Date - 12/1/1988

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillside or mountainside

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 12/1/1988 (actual site observation date)

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 ARTR4 FEID	Agropyron spicatum Artemisia tripartita Festuca idahoensis	— threetip sagebrush Idaho fescue	— — —	— — —	— — —

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
60	—	—	457	—	0	250	—	—	9	21	-4	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02260. many very fine roots throughout; few fine and medium roots throughout

1AB—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02261. many very fine roots throughout; few fine and medium roots throughout

1Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 coarse interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02262. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 223088; patchy - phpvsfiid 223088

1Bt2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. few clay films surface features; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 223089; patchy - phpvsfiid 223089

1Bk1—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

1Bk2—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

1Bk3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous