IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RITZVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WA001005
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WA001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0981
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34040
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 47.1788902
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3655548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet east and 770 feet north of the SW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA001—Adams
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA001—Adams County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanford Anderson
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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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    594

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    135

    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 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07351. noncalcareous
    B21—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07352. noncalcareous
    B22—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07353. noncalcareous
    C1CA—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), 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 # 40A07354. violent effervescence with dilute HCl; lime is segregated in pores on ped surfaces and in cracks
    C2—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07355. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 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; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07356. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C4—165 to 198 centimeters (65.0 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07357. violent effervescence with dilute HCl
    C5—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07358. violent effervescence with dilute HCl