IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spofford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WA017105
  • User Pedon ID: 89WA017105
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61312
  • 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: 47.6066666
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0433350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: South of Waterville below Badger Mtn.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA017—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 105
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Spofford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tieton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    AE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01242. common fine roots
    Bt—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01243. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Btk—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01244. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Btk—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01245. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    Bk—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. pressure faces but not clay films; common very fine roots
    Bkqm—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; cobbly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. pressure faces but no clay films