IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stemilt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WA077103
  • User Pedon ID: 90WA077103
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WA077103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0722
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62655
  • 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: 46.2363892
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2119446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: South of Mill Creek Guard Station.
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA077—Yakima

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Svalberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 103
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stemilt
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stemilt
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABGR

    PIPO

    PSME

    Abies grandis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    grand fir

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

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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

    51

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    1067

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04267. 8% clay; trace of pebbles; few very fine and fine roots
    O1—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments. decomposed litter and pine needles
    A 2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04268. 10% clay; few very fine and fine roots
    AB—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04269. 10% clay; few very fine and fine roots
    B t1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04270. 18% clay; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    B t2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate very fine prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04271. 18% clay; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    B t3—109 to 155 centimeters (42.9 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04272. 20% clay; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots