IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROYAL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WA021004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WA021004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WA021004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34038
  • 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: 46.4850006
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1113892
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 400 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Farm unit 266, block 16.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA021—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA021—Franklin 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 - ROYAL
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1961 (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

    Artemisia

    sagebrush

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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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    256

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    90

    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 medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07339
    B2—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 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 # 40A07340
    C1CA—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07341. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C2CA—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07342. violent effervescence with dilute HCl
    C3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07343. strong effervescence with dilute HCl
    C4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07344. strong effervescence with dilute HCl