IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hardesty
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005WA063005
  • User Pedon ID: S2005WA063005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18212
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 47.6228333
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2066650
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: about 1805 feet south and 2580 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: This is near the type location for the Hardesty series. I was informed by the current (10/05/2005) landowner that the field this pedon was taken from would pond with runoff from the surronding hills evrey year. Currently (05/20/2005) the City of Spokane Valley is redirecting the water with pumps. Also this area used to be covered with PIPO, but was cleared for pasture.
  • 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-E2—Freeman, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kyle Stephens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hardesty
  • 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 - Hardesty
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over volcanic ash
  • Landscape: scabland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: PIPO/SYAL
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—33

    18—165

    33—97

    51—165

    —33—

    —147—

    —64—

    —114—
    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

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    623

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    0

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy silt loam; 18 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 11 percent clay; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; ashy very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; ashy very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 7.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 coarse irregular pores; 2 percent medium light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 2 percent coarse light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; ashy very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1.0 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent coarse light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—119 to 165 centimeters (46.9 to 65.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, moist; stratified stratified ashy very fine sandy loam; 3 percent clay; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. laminated with thin to thick bands that are brown (10YR 4/3) and conatin 2 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) iron-manganese masses