IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naxing

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1992WA037011

User Pedon ID: S1992WA037011

Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WA037011

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 93P0197

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65541

Print Date: 4/16/2025

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: 47.2502785

Std. Longitude: -120.3683319

Datum: WGS84

Township: 20N

Range: 20E

Section: 6

PLSS Details: About 18 miles NE of Ellensburg, 1200 feet W and 800 feet N of the NE corner

Location Description: About 18 miles NE of Ellensburg.

State: Washington

County: WA037—Kittitas

MLRA: 6—Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope

PEDON

Describers Name: Terry Aho and Barbara Gordon

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 11

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Naxing

Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal Xeric Vitricryands

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/20/1992

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: mountains

Landform: mountainside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Drainage Class: well

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 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

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
2MOSS ALBA GADU HEUCH LAOC LARIX PIEN PSME	— Aloe barbadensis Gaylussacia dumosa Heuchera Larix occidentalis Larix Picea engelmannii Pseudotsuga menziesii	Moss — dwarf huckleberry alumroot western larch larch Engelmann spruce Douglas-fir	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
cambic horizon	41—152	—-

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
65	—	—	1890	—	0	910	—	—	5	16	-6	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01558. intermittent ash layer

A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01559

A2—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dry; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01560

Bw1—46 to 96 centimeters (18.1 to 37.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01561

Bw2—96 to 145 centimeters (37.8 to 57.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01562

2Bw3—145 to 157 centimeters (57.1 to 61.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P01563