IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Qualla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WA037009
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WA037009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WA037009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0195
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65539
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 47.2150002
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7305527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: About 10 miles E of Cle Elum, 300 feet W and 300 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 10 miles E of Cle Elum.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Aho and Barbara Gordon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Qualla
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Xeric Argialbolls
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    AGSP

    BASA3

    FEID

    LUPIN

    PURSH

    Agropyron spicatum

    Balsamorhiza sagittata

    Festuca idahoensis

    Lupinus

    Purshia

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    arrowleaf balsamroot

    Idaho fescue

    lupine

    bitterbrush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    albic horizon

    0—86

    18—86

    71—97

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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

    7

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    747

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    45

    450

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    9

    21

    -4

    10

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01542
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01543
    Bt2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01544. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178232; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178232
    B/Et—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01545
    B/Et—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent faint skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P01545. patchy - phpvsfiid 178234; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178233; patchy - phpvsfiid 178234; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178233
    E/B—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P01546. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178235; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178235
    E/B—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01546
    2Btb1—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01547. patchy - phpvsfiid 178237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178236; patchy - phpvsfiid 178237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178236
    2Btb2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P01548. patchy - phpvsfiid 178238; continuous - phpvsfiid 178239; patchy - phpvsfiid 178238; continuous - phpvsfiid 178239