IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ritzville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952WA071006
  • User Pedon ID: S1952Wa071006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34087
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.1147232
  • Std. Longitude: -118.5124969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SE corner NE 1/4
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA071—Walla Walla
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA071—Walla Walla County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ritzville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2017
  • Classifier - Thuso Thoothe
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1952 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; slightly hard; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A07682
    Bw—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A07683. in place this layer is slightly hard or firm, but when removed it breaks under slight pressure to small grains and powder
    Bw—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A07684. horizon very similar to above but slightly more friable and lighter colored
    Bw—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A07685
    Bk—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A07686
    Bk—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A07687. contains a few lime veins and specks
    C—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A07688. lime mostly disseminated