IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OTTMAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WA001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WA001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WA001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0984
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34043
  • 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: 46.7752762
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1161118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2840 feet north and 1140 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA001—Adams
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA001—Adams County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dale Snyder
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - OTTMAR
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ARTEM

    LUPIN

    PHLOX

    POSE

    Artemisia

    Lupinus

    Phlox

    Poa secunda

    sagebrush

    lupine

    phlox

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

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    319

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    203

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    11.1

    23.9

    -3.3

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07373
    B2—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; medium prismatic, and massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07374
    C1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07375. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C2CA—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07376. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C3CA—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; strong fine platy structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07377. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C4—94 to 99 centimeters (37.0 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07378. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C5—99 to 165 centimeters (39.0 to 65.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; strong fine platy structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07379. these different colors occur in alternating layers of material of the same texture; strong effervescence with dilute HCl