IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WALLA WALLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957OR055006
  • User Pedon ID: S1957OR055006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0897
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33956
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 45.6488876
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6530533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: Northwest of northwest
  • Location Description: 50 feet west of county road. 0.55 mile southwest of Klondike junction, about 4 miles northeast of Wasco, Sherman County SCD
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR055—Sherman
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR055—Sherman County, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. W. Mayko
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WALLA WALLA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WALLA WALLA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1957 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    472

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    305

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    10.6

    21.1

    -0.6

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    AP1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06759; moist when described;. top one inch has many weak very fine vesicles
    AP2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse platy, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06760; moist when described;
    A12—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06761; moist when described;
    AC1—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06762; moist when described;
    C11—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06763; dry when described;. some gray reduction sprinkles throughout the matrix
    Cca1—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06764; dry when described;. weakly calcareous with mycelia lime in some root channels
    Cca2—160 to 201 centimeters (63.0 to 79.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06765; moist when described;. calcareous with slightly more mycelia lime in root channels than horizon above; few firm nodules 1/4 to 3/4 inch in diameter
    Cca3—201 to 262 centimeters (79.1 to 103.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06766; moist when described;. strongly calcareous in mycelia form; many very firm nodules 1/4 to 3/4 inch in diameter
    C2M—262 to 279 centimeters (103.1 to 109.8 inches); very fine sandy loam; massive; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06767; moist when described;. strongly calcareous