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:
11/12/2024
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:
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
—-
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
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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.