IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BENGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WA001007
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WA001007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WA001007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34074
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.9580574
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1711121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east of west 1/4 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BENGE
  • 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 - 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

    BRTE

    POSE

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa secunda

    cheatgrass

    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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    488

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    330

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    9.4

    21.7

    -2.8

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07591
    A12—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07592
    B2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07593
    C1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07594. noncalcareous
    2C2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07595. lime and silica coatings on undersides of coarse fragments
    2C3—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); single grain; loose; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07596. basalt gravel and sand with lime and silica coatings on undersides of fragments