IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taunton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WA021005
  • User Pedon ID: 90WA021005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0958
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62891
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.3624992
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1588898
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet W and 120 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Washington.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA021—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taunton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Xerollic Durorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05816. 3% gravel; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05817. few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05818. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bk—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05819. few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bkqm—71 centimeters (28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2); fragments. Lab sample # 90P05820. caliche greater than 6" thick