IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Van Nostern
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WA039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WA039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958WA039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0969
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34028
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 45.9408340
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2813873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, 250 north of north boundary of Section 10 and 150 feet east of road bounding sections 3 and 4
  • Location Description: 3.8 miles south of Bickleton.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA639—Klickitat County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. O. Ness and F. E. Schlots
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Van Nostern
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VAN NOSTERN
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1958 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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

    2

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    853

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    254

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    9.4

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07277
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07278
    A3—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07279. discontinuous inped pores; occasional cobbles and rock (about 2 percent)
    C1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07280. discontinuous inped pores; occasional cobbles and stone (about 2 percent)
    C2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07281. 15 percent angular basalt 1 to 6 inches in diameter
    2C3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07282. loam contains about 75 percent basaltic gravel and cobbles; sporadic lime pockets; patchy - phpvsfiid 190041; patchy - phpvsfiid 190041
    R—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A07283. hard basaltic bedrock