IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VANDERBILT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WA037007
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WA037007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991WA037007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63471
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.0122223
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6088867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 725 feet S and 1700 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA637—Kittitas County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Cain
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VANDERBILT
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanderbilt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, noncalcareous, mesic Pachic Arg
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium from igneous-basalt material
  • Landform: in mountain valley fluvial terrace
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1991 (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

    FEID

    POSE

    Festuca idahoensis

    Poa secunda

    Idaho fescue

    Sandberg 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02434
    Ba—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02435
    Bt2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt3—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02436
    Bt4—96 to 129 centimeters (37.8 to 50.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt5—129 to 152 centimeters (50.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.