IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Uhlig

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1999WA063006

User Pedon ID: S1999WA063006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 00P0799

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12297

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 47.6573753

Std. Longitude: -117.5514526

Datum: WGS84

Township: 25N

Range: 42E

Section: 19

PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of NW 1/4

Location Description: This Uhlig pedon is located about 2,300 feet east and 25 feet south of the northwest corner of section 19, T25N R42E, about 2 miles east-northeast of the city of Airway Heights, WA. The pedon is about 1/2 mile east of Hayford Road along the north wall of a gravel pit.

Map Unit: 3044—Cheney ashy silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes

State: Washington

County: WA063—Spokane

MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-F5—Airway Heights, Washington

PEDON

Describers Name: Dean White

Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitrandic Haploxerolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Uhlig

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/10/2012

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Uhlig

Classificaton Date - 8/10/1999

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or loess over coarse-loamy glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash derived from basalt

Landscape: upland

Landform: terrace

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/10/1999 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 20S/I-14

Plant Association Name: PIPO/AGSP

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 35

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon cambic horizon secondary carbonates	0—99 99—160 160—178	—99— —61— —18—

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	305	91	709	—	68	432	—	115	9	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 40 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-51-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry

A1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 40 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.5 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 1.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-64-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry

A2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots around fragments and 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-127-203 millimeter basalt fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-64-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-406-508 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry

A3—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-102-127 millimeter basalt fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-51-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bw1—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry

2Bw2—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 2.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-51-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments; 2 to 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry

2Bk—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 2.5 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 35 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-127-203 millimeter basalt fragments and 38 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-51-75 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 20583; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 20583

2C—178 to 196 centimeters (70.1 to 77.2 inches); 65 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, 65 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed and 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, moist; sand; 100 percent sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog.; observed in pit, large or quarry