IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mitta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WA037013
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WA037013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WA037013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0199
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65543
  • 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: 46.9655571
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4219437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: About 1 mile S of Kittitas, 1600 feet W and 2000 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile S of Kittitas.
  • 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 #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mitta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 86 to 136 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    DISPS2

    ELCI2

    POJU

    Distichlis spicata var. stricta

    Elymus cinereus

    Poa juncifolia

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—152

    86—152

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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

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    482

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    180

    250

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    9

    21

    -4

    10

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01572. borderline silty clay loam
    A1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01573. borderline silty clay loam
    A2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01574. borderline silty clay loam
    AB—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01575. borderline silty clay loam
    2Bt1—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01576. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178250
    2Btg1—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct iron stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red. Lab sample # 93P01577. free water at 152 cm; patchy - phpvsfiid 178251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178252; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178256; patchy - phpvsfiid 178251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178252; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178256