IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zeemal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WA017120
  • User Pedon ID: 89WA017120
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62262
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 47.7758331
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4908371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet S and 1400 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: SE of Mansfield.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA017—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Xerochreptic Haplodurids
  • 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 #: 120
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zeemal
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zeemal
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic, shallow Orthidic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01955. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01956. few very fine roots
    2Bkqm—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sandy loam; strong thick platy structure; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    2Bk—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine platy, and moderate medium platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C1—79 to 84 centimeters (31.1 to 33.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very fine platy structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. effervescence is discontinuous
    2C2—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. effervescence is discontinuous
    2C3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog.