IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELVEDERE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985WA047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1985WA047001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985WA047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0896
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57162
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.0666656
  • Std. Longitude: -118.9833298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet W and 200 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA047—Okanogan
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA647—Okanogan County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Xerollic Paleargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ELVEDERE
  • PSC - 15 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elvedere
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xeralfic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1985
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine sediment
  • Landform: dissected glaciolacustrine terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1985 (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

    ARTR2

    POSA

    Artemisia tridentata

    Poa saltuensis

    big sagebrush

    oldpasture bluegrass

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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

    5

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    475

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    243

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    E—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04797
    Bt—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 40 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04798
    Bk—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04799
    Ck1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary.
    Ck2—69 to 132 centimeters (27.2 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary.
    Ck3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red.