IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nitcha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WA037004
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WA037004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64623
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 46.9394455
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4330521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet E, and 700 feet S, of NW corner
  • Location Description: 3 mi. S of Kettitas, WA.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA637—Kittitas County Area, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barbara J. Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nitcha
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nitcha
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/1992
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 30B33
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—104

    31—104

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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

    1

    —

    —

    463

    —

    250

    —

    —

    9

    21

    4

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 medium interstitial and tubular and 5.0 medium discontinuous tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02360
    AB—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 medium interstitial and tubular and 5.0 medium discontinuous tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt1—31 to 66 centimeters (12.2 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse interstitial and tubular and 1.0 coarse discontinuous tubular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02361. patchy - phpvsfiid 173653; patchy - phpvsfiid 173653
    Bt2—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse interstitial and tubular and 1.0 coarse discontinuous tubular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02362. patchy - phpvsfiid 173654; patchy - phpvsfiid 173654
    Bt3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse interstitial and tubular and 1.0 coarse discontinuous tubular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 173655; patchy - phpvsfiid 173655
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue.