IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MCGOWAN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WA039008
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WA039008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0990
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34049
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 45.7999992
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3441696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Nine miles NW of Lyle
  • 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, F. E. Schlots, J. J. Rasmussen, and J. W. Rogers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MCGOWAN
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MCGOWAN
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1958 (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
    • 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

    8

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    754

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    1143

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    9.4

    18.9

    -0.6

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A07414. leaves, twigs, and needles
    O2—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A07415. decomposing leaves, twigs, and needles
    A11—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07416
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07417. patchy - phpvsfiid 190012; patchy - phpvsfiid 190012
    B11—23 to 44 centimeters (9.1 to 17.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07418. exped pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 190013; patchy - phpvsfiid 190013
    B12—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07419. exped pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 190014; patchy - phpvsfiid 190014
    B21—59 to 89 centimeters (23.2 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07420. no boundary indicated as horizon is split for sampling; inped pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 190015; continuous - phpvsfiid 190015
    B22—89 to 115 centimeters (35.0 to 45.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07421. inped pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 190016; continuous - phpvsfiid 190016
    B23—115 to 138 centimeters (45.3 to 54.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07422. inped pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 190017; continuous - phpvsfiid 190017
    B3—138 to 168 centimeters (54.3 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A07423. loam contains about 25 percent stone and cobbles