LOCATION BEEZEE                  WA

Established Series
Rev. EH/RJE/RWL
09/2019

BEEZEE SERIES

Landscape--canyonlands
Landform--canyons
Slope--30 to 75 percent
Parent material--colluvium derived from basalt mixed with loess
Mean annual precipitation--about 1000 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 10 degrees C
Depth class--very deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--mesic
Soil moisture subclass--typic

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Argixerolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Beezee cobbly loam, forested, on a 35-percent, southeast-facing side slope at an elevation of 380 m

A--0 to 25 cm; cobbly loam, brown (7.5YR 4/3) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine and fine roots; common fine tubular pores; 10 percent gravel and 15 percent cobbles; moderately acid (pH 6.0); gradual wavy boundary

AB--25 to 46 cm; very cobbly loam, brown (7.5YR 5/3) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many fine tubular pores; 20 percent gravel and 25 percent cobbles; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear wavy boundary

Bt1--46 to 84 cm; extremely cobbly loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common fine and medium roots; common fine tubular pores; common distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent gravel and 30 percent cobbles; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear wavy boundary

Bt2--84 to 150 cm; cobbly loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine and medium roots; common fine tubular pores; many distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, and 20 percent basalt pararock fragments; slightly acid (pH 6.4)

TYPE LOCATION: Klickitat County, Washington, about 8 km northeast of Husum; about 30 m north and 90 m east of the southwest corner of section 2, T. 4 N., R. 11 E.; latitude 45.85564, longitude -121.403921, datum WGS 84 (coordinates estimated from section, township, and range)

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--10 to 12 degrees C
Soil moisture--usually moist, but dry in moisture control section 60 to 75 consecutive days following summer solstice
Rock fragment content in particle-size control section--20 to 60 percent; weighted average of more than 35 percent
Pararock fragment content in particle-size control section--20 to 40 percent
Thickness of mollic epipedon--40 to 50 cm

A horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR
Value--3 to 5 moist
Chroma--2 or 3 dry or moist
Reaction--5.6 to 6.5
Thickness--20 to 30 cm

AB horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR
Value--3 to 5 moist
Gravel content--15 to 30 percent
Cobble content--15 to 60 percent
Reaction--5.6 to 6.5
Thickness--18 to 25 cm

Bt horizon
Hue--5YR to 10YR
Value--5 or 6 dry, 3 to 6 moist
Texture of fine-earth fraction--loam, clay loam
Gravel content--15 to 30 percent (decreases as depth increases)
Cobble content--15 to 60 percent (decreases as depth increases)
Reaction--5.6 to 6.5
Combined thickness--102 to 112 cm

COMPETING SERIES:
Balake--mollic epipedon 25 to 40 cm thick
Bluesprin--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); no pararock fragments in particle-size control section
Fordice--no influence of loess; subrounded or rounded alluvial rock fragments throughout; pH of 5.1 to 5.5 in A horizon
Hunsinger--100 to 150 cm (deep) to a paralithic contact (weathered basalt); dry more than 100 consecutive days following summer solstice
Jebe--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice
Jellico--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); dry more than 100 consecutive days following summer solstice
Keuterville--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice
Legall--dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Nashmead--100 to 150 cm (deep) to a lithic contact (sandstone); dry more than 90 consecutive days following summer solstice; mean annual soil temperature of 12 to 15 degrees C
Riverpoint--mollic epipedon 25 to 40 cm thick; mean annual soil temperature of 8 to 10 degrees C; 40 to 100 cm deep to a discontinuity
Sauter--mean annual soil temperature of 8 to 10 degrees C; no pararock fragments in particle-size control section
Shanks--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (granodiorite)
Sienna--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--275 to 925 m
Climate--warm, dry summers; cool, moist winters
Mean January air temperature--about -1 degree C
Mean July air temperature--about 19 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 9 to 11 degrees C
Mean annual precipitation--640 to 1150 mm
Frost-free season--100 to 130 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Panak, Para--fine-loamy particle-size class
Oreoke--mollic epipedon more than 50 cm thick

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--well drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)--moderately high

USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--mainly timber production, livestock grazing, wildlife habitat, and recreation
Native vegetation--ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, Oregon white oak, common snowberry, deerbrush, western hazel, creambush oceanspray, elk sedge

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Klickitat County, Washington; MLRA 6; small extent

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Klickitat County, Washington; 2003

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in this pedon
*Mollic epipedon--zone from the mineral soil surface to a depth of 46 cm
*Argillic horizon--zone from 46 to 150 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from 46 to 96 cm

9/2017--This official series description was updated according to SSR1 Technical Note 11--Content and Format of Official Series Descriptions (revised 12/2015). Most of the changes were in formatting; no major technical changes were made.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.