IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pird
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Indian Ridge
  • User Pedon ID: S09WA639001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: Indian Ridge
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0841
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37512
  • Print Date: 2/19/2025

    • 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: 45.9907341
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8076859
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 21S
  • Section: 21
  • Location Description: approximately 1,600 feet west and 2,700 feet north of the SE corner of Section 21, T.6N., R.16E.
  • Map Unit: 9B—Pird gravelly ashy loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA639—Klickitat County Area, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45120-H7—Indian Rock, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Harrington
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic Humic Xeric Vitricryands
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pird
  • PSC - 5 to cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pird
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal, amorphic Humic Xeric Vitricryand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy over basalt
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: upper side slope mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    ABLA

    ARUV

    CARU

    LUPIN

    PICO

    Abies concolor

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Lupinus

    Pinus contorta

    white fir

    subalpine fir

    kinnikinnick

    pinegrass

    lupine

    lodgepole pine

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/23/2009

    25

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    11
    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

    10

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    1634

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    1129

    Indian Rock

    SNOTEL
    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; ashy sandy loam; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04113; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; ashy fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 very coarse roots top of horizon and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 medium tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04114; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—36 centimeters (14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; extremely cobbly ashy fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 4.0 very fine roots around fragments and 2.0 medium roots around fragments and 4.0 fine roots around fragments; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter basalt fragments. Lab sample # 10N04115; dry when described; observed in pit, small