IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Driscoll
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001WA063001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001WA063001
  • User Site Association ID: 8920
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14662
  • 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: 47.4858513
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2772141
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23 N
  • Range: 44 E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: About 1050 feet east and 2400 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 6140—Driscoll 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-D3—Spangle East, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sue Malone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Driscoll
  • PSC - 79 to 129 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Driscoll
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: loess upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Loess formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Ponderosa Pine/Ninebark HT
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    79—160

    —23—

    —83—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    781

    —

    336

    559

    —

    115

    8

    —

    —

    9

    —

    —

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    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    EB—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.8 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ec—76 to 79 centimeters (29.9 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btssb1—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; very rigid, very rigid, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 0.8 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 80 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine distinct very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btssb2—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; very rigid, very rigid, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots between peds; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 100 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, ferriargillans with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry. Thin lens from 2 mm to 5 cm thick, with clean silt and very fine sand coats and stringers of fine gravel between prisms at the boundary of the 2Bt1 and 3Bt2 horizon
    2Btkssb—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very rigid, very rigid, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 100 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine manganese coatings on faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/4), moist, and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist, carbonate masses between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog.; observed in pit, large or quarry