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: 5/23/2024
  • 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