IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GOLDENDALE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WA039003
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WA039003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958WA039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0997
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34056
  • 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: 45.8247223
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7194443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 150 feet north of highway bounding sections 18 and 19. 4.3 miles east of Goldendale.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA639—Klickitat County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. O. Ness and F. E. Schlots
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GOLDENDALE
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GOLDENDALE
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/1958 (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

    5

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    549

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    406

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    9.4

    19.4

    -1.1

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07462
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07463
    B11—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07464. patchy - phpvsfiid 190035; patchy - phpvsfiid 190035
    B12—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07465. continuous - phpvsfiid 190036; continuous - phpvsfiid 190036
    B21—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07466. continuous - phpvsfiid 190037; continuous - phpvsfiid 190037
    B22—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07467. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190038; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190038
    B3—152 to 196 centimeters (59.8 to 77.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07468. continuous - phpvsfiid 190039; continuous - phpvsfiid 190039
    B—196 to 229 centimeters (77.2 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07469. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190040; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190040