IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Selah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988WA037012
  • User Pedon ID: 88WA037012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988WA037012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0447
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60565
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.7802773
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3602753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet W and 400 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: About 10 miles s of Kittitas, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Campbell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Selah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Durixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - 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
  • 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

    2

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    619

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    315

    230

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    8

    21

    -4

    11

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02292. many very fine roots throughout
    1AB—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02293. many very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02294. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 223102; patchy - phpvsfiid 223102
    1Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02295. CaCO3 coating in pores and some ped faces.; common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 223103; patchy - phpvsfiid 223104; continuous - phpvsfiid 223103; patchy - phpvsfiid 223104
    1Btk—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 223105; patchy - phpvsfiid 223106; continuous - phpvsfiid 223105; patchy - phpvsfiid 223106
    1Bk—64 to 69 centimeters (25.2 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical nonmagnetic shot; 1 percent coarse irregular lime masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. common fine nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 223107; continuous - phpvsfiid 223107
    2Ckqm—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); 2.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Duripan.; common very fine roots in cracks; few fine roots in cracks