IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Walla Walla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004WA001001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004WA001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17106
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 46.7666512
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3420639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15n
  • Range: 35e
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 3000 feet south and 150 feet west of the NE Corner of section 24. R35 E, T15 N
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA001—Adams
  • MLRA: 8—Columbia Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA001—Adams County, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alan Busacca
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walla Walla
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Bluebundh Wheatagrass/Idaho Fescue
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    1450

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    270

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    A/C1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00513; observed in cut
    A2—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00514; observed in cut
    A3—16 to 35 centimeters (6.3 to 13.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00515; observed in cut
    Bw1—35 to 77 centimeters (13.8 to 30.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, moist; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00516; observed in cut
    Bw2—77 to 122 centimeters (30.3 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed, moist; silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00517; observed in cut
    Bk1—122 to 156 centimeters (48.0 to 61.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, moist; silt loam; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; medium faint weakly coherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00518; observed in cut
    Bk2—156 to 185 centimeters (61.4 to 72.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fine faint very weakly coherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 05N00519; observed in cut