LOCATION GLEN                    WA

Established Series
Rev. AG/RJE/KWH/RWL
09/2019

GLEN SERIES

Landscape--valleys
Landform--low terraces
Slope--0 to 2 percent
Parent material--alluvium derived from basalt and volcanic ash
Mean annual precipitation--about 890 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 7 degrees C
Depth class--very deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--frigid
Soil moisture subclass--typic

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Ashy, amorphic, frigid Humic Vitrixerands

TYPICAL PEDON: Glen ashy sandy loam in an area of pasture, on a 1-percent slope at an elevation of 560 m (All textures are apparent field textures.)

Ap--0 to 28 cm; ashy sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; weakly smeary; many very fine and fine roots; many very fine and fine irregular pores; 10 percent gravel; moderately acid (pH 6.0); abrupt smooth boundary

Bw1--28 to 91 cm; gravelly ashy sandy loam, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; weakly smeary; common very fine and fine and few coarse roots; many very fine and fine irregular pores; 15 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.2); gradual wavy boundary

Bw2--91 to 119 cm; gravelly ashy sandy loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; weakly smeary; few very fine and fine roots; many very fine and fine irregular pores; 15 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear smooth boundary

Bw3--119 to 150 cm; gravelly ashy sandy loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; weakly smeary; few very fine roots; many very fine and fine irregular pores; 25 percent gravel and few cobbles; slightly acid (pH 6.2)

TYPE LOCATION: Klickitat County, Washington, about 3 km southwest of Glenwood; about 120 m south and 550 m east of the northwest corner of section 21, T. 6 N., R. 12 E.; latitude 45.9997399, longitude -121.3171118, datum WGS 84 (coordinates estimated from section, township, and range)

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--7 to 8 degrees C
Moisture control section--usually moist, but dry in all parts 60 to 75 consecutive days
0- to 100-cm particle-size control section--estimated volcanic glass content of 15 to 30 percent, acid oxalate aluminum plus one-half iron of 1 to 2 percent, phosphorus retention of 50 to 75 percent, and 15-bar water retention of 8 to 12 percent
Thickness of umbric epipedon--25 to 40 cm

Ap horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma--2 to 4 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Thickness--25 to 38 cm

Bw horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR
Value--5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma--4 to 6 dry
Texture--gravelly ashy sandy loam, ashy sandy loam
Average rock fragment content--10 to 35 percent
Reaction--5.6 to 6.5
Combined thickness--66 to 122 cm

COMPETING SERIES:
Kreft--30 to 60 percent volcanic glass in particle-size control section, redoximorphic iron concentrations within 100 cm
Sugarbowl, Timberhead, Troutlake, Volash--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--550 to 640 m
Climate--warm, dry summers; cool, wet winters; intermittent snow cover in December through March
Mean annual precipitation--840 to 940 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -3 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 19 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 6 to 7 degrees C
Frost-free season--50 to 90 days, although a damaging frost can occur any month of the year

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Guler--on foothills; ashy-skeletal particle-size class
Pinbit--on terraces; influenced by amorphic material to a depth of 150 cm or more
Segidal--on terraces; aquic soil moisture regime

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

USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--mainly livestock grazing; some timber and crop production
Native vegetation--mainly ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, and grand fir and an understory of common snowberry, elk sedge, antelope bitterbrush, American vetch, rose, and Idaho fescue

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

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Yakama Nation, Klickitat County, Washington; 2014

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in this pedon
*Umbric epipedon--zone from the surface to a depth of 28 cm
*Cambic horizon--zone from 28 to 150 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from the surface to a depth of 100 cm
*Andic soil properties--zone from the surface to a depth of 150 cm
*Mineralogy--based on associated Guler soils

ADDITIONAL DATA:
Partial laboratory data--National Soil Survey Laboratory sample number 78WA039002

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.