IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kaniksu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002WA063001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002WA063001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0289
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15744
  • 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: 47.9966927
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2606125
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east and 3150 feet north of the southwest corner of
  • Map Unit: 3210—Kaniksu ashy sandy 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-H3—Chattaroy, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eva Muller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kaniksu
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kaniksu
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash derived from volcanic rock and/or loess over outwash
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 25
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—33

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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

    2

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    —

    616

    —

    686

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    105

    6.1

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    7.2

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2E & Bt1 (E)—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2E & Bt1 (B)—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2E & Bt2 (E)—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2E & Bt2 (B)—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2E & Bt3 (B)—79 to 137 centimeters (31.1 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2E & Bt3 (E)—79 to 137 centimeters (31.1 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Ct—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry