IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): QUALLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WA037009
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WA037009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991WA037009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63472
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 47.1966667
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7305527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet N and 300 feet W of the SE 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 Xeric Argialbolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - QUALLA
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Qualla
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, noncalcareous Xeric Argialboll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till from mixed igneous metamorphic & sedimentary ma
  • Landscape: Glaciated upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1990 (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

    BASA3

    FEID

    LUPIN

    PURSH

    Balsamorhiza sagittata

    Festuca idahoensis

    Lupinus

    Purshia

    arrowleaf balsamroot

    Idaho fescue

    lupine

    bitterbrush

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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

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    220

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse and very coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02437
    Ap2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02438
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular and 0.5 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02439
    B/Etb—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    Btb1—74 to 117 centimeters (29.1 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, skeletans; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02440
    Btb2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay loam; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue.