IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Walla Walla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984WA001001
  • User Pedon ID: 84WA001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54930
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 47.2102776
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1708298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 3 1/2 miles SW of Sprague Lake, 1700 feet N and 100 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walla Walla
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    3

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    619

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    225

    33

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    11

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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03800. Small less than 5 mm aggregates of white (10YR 8/1) 1980 St. Helens volcanic ash.; many very fine roots
    1AB—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03801. many fine roots
    1BA—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. many fine roots
    1Bw1—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. many very fine and fine roots
    1Bw2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. 20 percent (5 to 10 mm) hard lime segregations.; common very fine and fine roots