IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RITZVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WA001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WA001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64919
  • 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: 47.0069427
  • Std. Longitude: -118.5736084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: northwest 1/4 of mile and 2 1/2 miles north east of Lind, Washington
  • Location Description: WSU dryland research unit.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA001—Adams
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA001—Adams County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jay T. Kehne
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Calciorthidic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RITZVILLE
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ritzville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Calciorthidic Haploxero
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1992
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    duripan

    0—26

    26—147

    147—160

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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

    350

    199.9

    500

    —

    190

    381

    —

    —

    9.4

    21.7

    -2.2

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak very fine and fine platy structure; soft, very friable, extremely weak; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04039; dry when described;
    A2—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 6 percent clay; fine single grain; slightly hard, friable, very weak; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04040; dry when described;
    A3—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine single grain; slightly hard, friable, very weak; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04041; dry when described;
    BA—26 to 48 centimeters (10.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; 7 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very weak; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04042; dry when described;
    Bw—48 to 94 centimeters (18.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; 7 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, very weak; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04043; dry when described;
    2Bk1—94 to 125 centimeters (37.0 to 49.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 8 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, weak; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; fine spherical carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04044; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 173637; continuous - phpvsfiid 173637
    2Bk2—125 to 147 centimeters (49.2 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 7 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, extremely weak; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; faint carbonate coats throughout; fine spherical carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04045; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173638; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173638
    2Bkqm—147 to 160 centimeters (57.9 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; moderate and strong coarse and very coarse massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very strong, weakly cemented; slow permeability; distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; fine spherical carbonate threads and medium and coarse platy durinodes; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 92P04046; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 173639; continuous - phpvsfiid 173639