IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Selah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WA037018
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WA037018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WA037018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65548
  • 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: 46.9263878
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4030533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: About 5 miles S of Kittitas, 300 feet E and 1200 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 5 miles S of Kittitas.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA037—Kittitas
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Herman Gentry and Terry Aho
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Selah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Durixerolls
  • PSC - 23 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: valley side
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1992 (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

    AGSP

    ARTRW

    BACA3

    POCU3

    STTH2

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Balsamorhiza careyana

    Poa cusickii

    Stipa thurberiana

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    Carey's balsamroot

    Cusick's bluegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    23—53

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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

    3

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    540

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    45

    250

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    9

    21

    -4

    10

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192919; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192919
    2Bt2—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; cobbly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01599. sample taken from east side of soils pit; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192920; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192920
    3Bkqm—53 to 65 centimeters (20.9 to 25.6 inches); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red.