PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Apr 19 2024	Country: United States
Description Date: Jul 23 2009	State: Washington
Describer: Keith Harrington	County: Klickitat
Site ID: Indian Ridge	MLRA: 6 -- Cascade Mountains, Eastern Slope
Soil Survey Area: WA639 -- Klickitat County Area, Washington
Pedon ID: S09WA639001	Map Unit: 9B -- Pird gravelly ashy loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes
Quad Name: Indian Rock, Washington
Lab Source ID: SSL	Std Latitude: 45.9907341
Lab Pedon #: 10N0841	Std Longitude: -120.8076859
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Pird
Classification: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic Humic Xeric Vitricryand
Soil Name as Correlated: Pird
Classification: none listed
Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose: research site
Taxon Kind: series
Associated Soils: Grandpon, Status
Physiographic Division: Pacific Mountain	Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains	Secondary Earth Cover: Conifers
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains	Vegetation: kinnikinnick, lodgepole pine, lupine, pinegrass, subalpine fir, white fir
State Physiographic Area:	Parent Material: coarse-loamy over basalt
Local Physiographic Area:	Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: on mountainflank, upper third of mountains on mountainflank, upper third of upper side slope mountain	Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: linear	Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: linear	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section:	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

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Cont. Site ID: Indian Ridge Pedon ID: S09WA639001

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost-Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)

10.0 1,634.0 10

well

Oi--0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; abrupt wavy boundary.

A--5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed ashy sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; many very fine interstitial and many fine interstitial pores; 10 percent nonflat angular indurated 2 to 75-millimeter Basalt fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04113

Bw1--8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed ashy fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; common very fine roots throughout and few very coarse roots top of horizon and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; many very fine tubular and common medium tubular and many fine tubular pores; 10 percent nonflat angular indurated 2 to 75-millimeter Basalt fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04114

2Bw2--36 centimeters (14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed extremely cobbly ashy fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; common very fine roots around fragments and common medium roots around fragments and common fine roots around fragments; many very fine interstitial and many fine interstitial pores; 20 percent nonflat angular indurated 2 to 75-millimeter Basalt fragments and 50 percent nonflat angular indurated 75 to 250-millimeter Basalt fragments. Lab sample # 10N04115

* Method Codes *
Code	Description
7B1a2	Optical Analysis, Full Grain Count

* Preparation Codes *
Code	Description / List of Methods
Sjj	The air-dried soil passing a No. 10-mesh sieve
	7B1a2

* Instrument Sets *
Instrument Set Name	List of Methods
Instrument Not Specified	7B1a2

* Analyzed Size Fractions *
Size Fraction	List of Methods
0.02-0.05 mm	7B1a2
0.1-0.25 mm	7B1a2

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
10.0	1,634.0	10						well