IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manastash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988WA037009
  • User Pedon ID: 88WA037009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988WA037009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60562
  • 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: 46.8169441
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3652802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet S and 1320 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: About 9 miles S of Kittitas, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Simonson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Abruptic Aridic Durixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Manastash
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manastash
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Abruptic Aridic Durixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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

    POSE

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tripartita

    Poa secunda

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    threetip sagebrush

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    11

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    780

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    180

    280

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    8

    21

    -4

    11

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    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; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02282. many very fine roots throughout
    1AB—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02283. common very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    1BAt—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent spherical nonmagnetic shot; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02284. Few discontinuour clay skins adjacent to pebbles.; common very fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232631
    1Bt1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent spherical nonmagnetic shot; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; 7.4000001 Cresol red; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. common very fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; many pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232632; continuous - phpvsfiid 232633; continuous - phpvsfiid 232632; continuous - phpvsfiid 232633
    1Bt2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; gravelly clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent spherical nonmagnetic shot; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; abrupt irregular boundary. 15% lime and silica coatings on bottom of rock fragments and pockets of lime with less clay. Next to lower boundary.; common very fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; many pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232634; continuous - phpvsfiid 232635; continuous - phpvsfiid 232634; continuous - phpvsfiid 232635
    2Ckqm—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); fragments.