IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eloika
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002WA063002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002WA063002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0290
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15745
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 48.0194969
  • Std. Longitude: -117.4668045
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 42E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet west and 450 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 4.5 miles north of Deer Park, WA
  • Map Unit: 3070—Eloika ashy very fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 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: 48117-A4—Fan Lake, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jonathan Wald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eloika
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2016
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eloika
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or loess over sandy glaciofluvial deposits over glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: ABGR/CLUN (assumed)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—127

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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

    0

    —

    —

    683

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    0

    635

    —

    105

    6.1

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    7.2

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume charcoal fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume charcoal fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; ashy sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt1 (Bt)—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; structureless massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt1 (E)—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt2 (Bt)—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt2 (E)—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); variegated sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    3C2—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    3C3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small