IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grayland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978WA039007
  • User Pedon ID: S1978WA039007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46090
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 45.9683342
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2874985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2,200 feet north and 1,100 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: about 6 miles southwest of Glenwood
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA639—Klickitat County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayland (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2006
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayland
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, nonacid, mesic Haplic Andaquept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or alluvium derived from basalt and/or lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: Lacustrine terrace
  • Runoff: ponded
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    1

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    558

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    0

    889

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    6

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03101
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03102
    E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03103
    Btg—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine irregular pores; distinct clay films; 30 percent fine faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03104. continuous - phpvsfiid 1335273; continuous - phpvsfiid 1335273
    2Cg—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; very hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03105
    2C1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03106
    2C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 75 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # 78P03107