LOCATION BADGE WA+ID
Established Series
Rev. PNP/KDPL/RWL/SBC
09/2019
BADGE SERIES
Landscape--hills, mountains, canyons
Landform--hillslopes, mountain slopes, canyons
Slope--3 to 70 percent
Parent material--mixed loess and colluvium
Mean annual precipitation--about 360 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 9 degrees C
Depth class--deep, 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 Typic Argixerolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Badge very cobbly silt loam in an area of grassland (All textures are apparent field textures)
A1--0 to 20 cm; very cobbly silt loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; many fine roots; many fine and medium tubular pores; 20 percent basalt gravel, 25 percent basalt cobbles, and 3 percent basalt stones; neutral (pH 6.9); gradual smooth boundary
A2--20 to 33 cm; very cobbly silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky and moderately plastic; common fine roots; few fine tubular pores; 20 percent basalt gravel, 10 percent basalt cobbles, and 5 percent basalt stones; neutral (pH 7.0); clear smooth boundary
Bt--33 to 71 cm; extremely cobbly clay loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; few medium tubular pores; few faint clay films lining pores and on faces of peds; 30 percent basalt gravel, 40 percent basalt cobbles, and 5 percent basalt stones; neutral (pH 7.2); gradual smooth boundary
C--71 to 150 cm; extremely cobbly silt loam, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) dry, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; 25 percent basalt gravel, 30 percent basalt cobbles, and 5 percent basalt stones; slightly alkaline (pH 7.4)
TYPE LOCATION: Douglas County, Washington; near the center of section 5, T. 23 N., R. 22 E.; latitude 47.514801, longitude -120.101997, datum WGS 84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--8 to 11 degrees C
Moisture control section--usually moist, but dry in all parts 90 to 105 consecutive days between depths of 20 and 65 cm
Depth to bedrock--100 to 150 cm or more
Content of rock fragments in particle-size control section--35 to 90 percent
Thickness of mollic epipedon--25 to 50 cm
A horizon
Hue--10YR, 7.5YR
Value--4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma--2 or 3 dry or moist
Texture--very cobbly silt loam, very stony silt loam
Reaction--6.6 to 7.8
Combined thickness--25 to 50 cm
Bt horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 to 6 dry
Chroma--2 to 4 moist or dry
Texture--very gravelly, extremely gravelly, very cobbly, extremely cobbly, or very stony clay loam, silty clay loam, loam, or silt loam; very stony in lower part of some pedons
Content of clay--18 to 35 percent
Reaction--6.6 to 7.8
Thickness--30 to 100 cm
C horizon
Hue--2.5Y, 10YR, 7.5YR
Value--4 to 6 dry, 3 to 5 moist
Chroma--2 to 4 moist or dry
Texture--loam, silt loam, clay loam
Content of rock fragments--35 to 70 percent
Content of clay--20 to 28 percent
Reaction--7.4 to 8.4
Other features--white mycelial lime in some pedons; white lime and silica coatings on underside of some gravel and cobbles
COMPETING SERIES:
Baboon--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (fractured igneous rock)
Collard--45 to 100 cm to a discontinuity of very cobbly loamy sand
Dixiejett,
Kusshi--dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Goodnoe--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); 18 to 27 percent clay in particle-size control section
Hooverton--60 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); dry 60 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Phys--dry 60 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Ridd--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (schist, gneiss)
Whitinger--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt)
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--460 to 1225 m in Washington, 1225 to 1675 m in Idaho
Climate--warm, dry summers; cool, moist winters
Mean annual precipitation--310 to 510 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -4 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 21 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 9 degrees C
Frost-free season--110 to 165 days in Washington; 85 to 110 days in Idaho
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bagdad--on uplands and hills; no rock fragments
Cheviot--on footslopes and side slopes; no argillic horizon
Condon--on uplands; 50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt)
Cordy--on mountains; frigid soil temperature regime
Ralls--on hillsides; coarse-loamy particle-size class; aridic soil moisture regime
Rock Creek--on ridgetops and plateaus; clayey argillic horizon; 20 to 50 cm (very shallow or shallow) to a lithic contact (basalt)
Tronsen--on benches and ridgetops; more than 35 percent clay in particle-size control section
Timentwa--on uplands; ashy over loamy particle-size class; 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--domestic livestock grazing
Vegetation--mainly Sandberg bluegrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue, and Wyoming big sagebrush
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Washington and southern Idaho; MLRAs 8 and 10; moderate extent
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Lincoln County, Washington; 1978
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features in this pedon
*Mollic epipedon--zone from the surface to a depth of 33 cm
*Argillic horizon--zone from 33 to 71 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from 33 to 71 cm
6/2016--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.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.