IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alsash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WA017003
  • User Pedon ID: 89WA017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61310
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 47.7322235
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8388901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1,500 feet north and 1,500 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 1 1/2 miles ENE of Withrow
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA017—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitritorrandic 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alsash
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alsash
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Argic Durixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (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
    • 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
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    800

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01235. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    A1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01236. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01237. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few very fine roots
    Bt2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01238. there is a thin discontinuous Bk horizon between Bt2 and Bkqm1; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bkqm1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. thin, discontinuous 1/16" indurated layer on top of Bkqm
    2Bkqm2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.