IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nitzel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WA037005
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WA037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64624
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 46.9052773
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3591690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2440 feet S, 160 feet E, NW 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: Barbara J. Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nitzel
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nitzel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haploxeroll
  • 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: 31B33
  • 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

    0—74

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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

    —

    —

    524

    —

    250

    —

    —

    9

    21

    4

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    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate coarse granular, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine vesicular and tubular and 5.0 fine pores; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 173656; continuous - phpvsfiid 173656
    AB—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine vesicular and tubular and 1.0 fine pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02363
    Bw1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02364
    Bw2—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw3—74 to 117 centimeters (29.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02365
    BC—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue.