IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ralock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988WA037010
  • User Pedon ID: 88WA037010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988WA037010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0445
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60563
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 46.8483315
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2791672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet W and 1500 feet S 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. Simonsom and K. Hanley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ralock
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ralls V
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • 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

    29

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    713

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    0

    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 and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) 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; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02285. many very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    1AB—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02286. common very fine roots throughout; few fine 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 prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, 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; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02287. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232636; patchy - phpvsfiid 232636
    1Bt2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 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; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02288. 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; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232637; patchy - phpvsfiid 232638; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232637; patchy - phpvsfiid 232638
    1Btk1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02289. common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232639; patchy - phpvsfiid 232640; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232639; patchy - phpvsfiid 232640
    1Bk—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 30 percent fine spherical lime masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232641; patchy - phpvsfiid 232641
    1Btk2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats throughout and 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Few thin discontinuous (7.5YR 4/4) clay filmes on surface peds.; common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features throughout; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232642; patchy - phpvsfiid 232643; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232642; patchy - phpvsfiid 232643
    1R—152 to 162 centimeters (59.8 to 63.8 inches); fragments.