IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moscow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957WA063007
  • User Pedon ID: S1957WA063007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957WA063007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34096
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.7772217
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1750031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 250 feet west of Newman Lake Road and farm road junction at a point 110 feet south of Newman Lake Road
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA063—Spokane
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arnold Ness
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Moscow
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2015
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MOSCOW
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    APOCY

    CEANO

    FEID

    PHYSO

    Apocynum

    Ceanothus

    Festuca idahoensis

    Physocarpus

    dogbane

    ceanothus

    Idaho fescue

    ninebark

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    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

    7

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    799

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    315

    584

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    20

    -3.3

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07756. very dark brown or grayish brown loose partially decomposed organic litter composed of pine needles, leaves, twigs, and cones
    Oe—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07756. very dark brown or grayish brown loose partially decomposed organic litter composed of pine needles, leaves, twigs, and cones
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07757
    AC—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07758
    C1—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07759
    C2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A07760. horizon contains three irregular horizontal bands dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4 moist) loam, 2 to 5 mm thick
    Cr—66 to 135 centimeters (26.0 to 53.1 inches); bedrock; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07761. soft to hard disintegrating granite bedrock