IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ASOTIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WA003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34080
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.2933350
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2027740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: East 1/16 corner, NW 1/4
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA003—Asotin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA603—Asotin County Area, Washington (Asotin and Garfield Counties)

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eveard Harrison
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ASOTIN
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1958 (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

    1

    —

    —

    724

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    0

    356

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    10

    21.1

    0

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07628
    A3—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07629. effervesces weakly with dilute HCl
    B2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07630. effervesces strongly
    C1CA—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07631. many sand-sized basalt fragments; effervesces violently
    C2CA—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07632. basalt gravel and stone occupies 50 to 80 percent of the volume; effervesces violently