IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoodoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001WA063004
  • User Pedon ID: S2001WA063004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14665
  • 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: 47.7555237
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0806427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26 N
  • Range: 45 E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: About 2300 feet east and 1300 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles north of the community of Moab, Washington, south of Newman Lake
  • Map Unit: 1092—Hoodoo ashy silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA063—Spokane
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-G1—Newman Lake, Washington
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carol Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, frigid Aquandic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoodoo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoodoo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or alluvium
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in feb
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 5
  • Geology: Missoula Flood Deposits formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Riparian
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    0—158

    25—71

    25—158

    —25—

    —-

    —46—

    —-

    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

    649.5

    40

    762

    95

    6

    7

    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slightly fluid; moderate permeability; 8.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); variegated black (2.5Y 2/1) crushed, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; nonfluid; moderate permeability; 8.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); variegated light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) broken face, dry; ashy very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 coarse vesicular pores; 5 percent olive (10Y 4/4) organic stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); variegated light gray (2.5Y 7/2) crushed, white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, dry; ashy very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg1—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); variegated light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, dry; ashy very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; 2 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) fine prominent platy and 3 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) medium prominent platy mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine irregular and 0.8 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine irregular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 12 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); variegated light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, dry; stratified stratified ashy very fine sandy loam to ashy silt loam; 6 percent clay; 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) prominent platy mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately fluid; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine irregular and 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg3—140 to 158 centimeters (55.1 to 62.2 inches); variegated grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, dry; ashy fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; 2 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) prominent platy mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately fluid; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small