IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GOLDENDALE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982WA039003
  • User Pedon ID: S1982WA039003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982WA039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52497
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 45.7591667
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1777802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2475 feet N and 750 feet W of the SE 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 Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GOLDENDALE
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goldendale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1982
  • 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: 11/2/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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

    4

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01164
    A—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01165
    AB—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01166
    Bt1—64 to 122 centimeters (25.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01167
    Bt2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium irregular and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 83P01168