IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HYPRAIRIE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982WA039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1982WA039002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982WA039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52496
  • 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: 45.7372208
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1725006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet S and 600 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA039—Klickitat
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA639—Klickitat County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HYPRAIRIE
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goldendale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over basalt
  • Landform: high plateau
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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

    10

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    40

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01159
    AB—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01160
    Bt1—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01161
    Bt2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01162
    Bt3—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01163
    R—137 centimeters (53.9 inches); fragments.