IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RITZVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WA001004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WA001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0964
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34023
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.1172218
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4925003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 275 feet south and 160 feet east of NW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA001—Adams
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA001—Adams County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanford Anderson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RITZVILLE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1961 (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

    4

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    579

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    0

    305

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    9.4

    21.7

    -2.2

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07249. structure becomes weak fine platy in the lower part of this horizon
    B21—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07250
    B22—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07251
    C1CA—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07252. violent effervescence with dilute HCl; lime is segregated in the pores, on the ped surfaces, and in the cracks
    C2—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07253. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C3—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07254. strong effervescence with dilute HCl