IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROYAL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WA021003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WA021003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WA021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0978
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34037
  • 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: 46.4055557
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1758347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 200 feet east of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Farm unit 126, block 16,.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA021—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA021—Franklin 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ROYAL
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1961 (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

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

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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

    3

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    242

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    180

    203

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    11.1

    25

    -2.8

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07332
    B2—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07333
    C1CA—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07334. strong effervescence with HCl
    C2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07335. strong effervescence with HCl
    C3—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07336. strong effervescence with HCl
    C4—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07337. strong effervescence with HCl
    C5—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07338. strong effervescence with HCl