LOCATION GOLDENDALE WA

Established Series
Rev. PNP/KDPL/SBC
09/2019

GOLDENDALE SERIES

Landscape--plateaus, hills
Landform--structural benches, hillslopes
Slope--2 to 65 percent
Parent material--loess mixed with colluvium and residuum derived from basalt with a minor amount of volcanic ash
Mean annual precipitation--about 430 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Argixerolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Goldendale silt loam, cultivated, on a 5-percent, southeast-facing slope at an elevation 630 m

Ap--0 to 18 cm; silt loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many very fine and fine roots; common fine irregular pores and common fine tubular pores; moderately acid (pH 6.0); abrupt smooth boundary

A--18 to 36 cm; silt loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; many very fine and fine roots; many fine irregular pores and common very fine and fine tubular pores; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear wavy boundary

BA--36 to 51 cm; silt loam, brown (10YR 4/3) dry, dark brown (10YR 3/3) moist; moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; many very fine and fine roots; many fine tubular pores; faint patchy clay films; slightly acid (pH 6.4); clear wavy boundary

Bt1--51 to 69 cm; silt loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) moist; moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; common very fine and fine roots; many fine tubular pores; faint patchy clay films; slightly acid (pH 6.4); gradual wavy boundary

Bt2--69 to 109 cm; silt loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) moist; moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; common very fine and fine roots; many fine tubular pores; continuous distinct clay films; slightly acid (pH 6.5); gradual wavy boundary

Bt3--109 to 150 cm; clay loam, brown (10YR 4/3) dry, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) moist; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; few very fine and fine roots; many fine tubular pores; continuous faint clay films; neutral (pH 6.6)

TYPE LOCATION: Klickitat County, Washington, about 6.5 km east of Goldendale; about 15 m north and 150 m west of the southeast corner of section 18, T. 4 N., R. 17 E.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Moisture control section--usually moist, but dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following solstice
Mean annual soil temperature--9 to 11 degrees C
Depth to bedrock--100 to 150 cm or more
Particle-size control section--18 to 35 percent clay; 0 to 5 percent gravel
Thickness of mollic epipedon--25 to 50 cm

Combined thickness of Ap and A horizons--25 to 41 cm

A horizon
Hue--5YR to 10YR
Value--4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma--2 or 3 moist or dry
Reaction--5.6 to 6.5

BA horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 to 6 dry
Chroma--2 to 4 dry or moist
Texture--silt loam, loam
Clay content--10 to 25 percent
Gravel content--0 to 3 percent
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3
Thickness--15 to 23 cm

Bt horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 or 5 dry, 2 to 4 moist
Chroma--3 or 4 dry or moist
Texture--silt loam, silty clay loam, clay loam
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3
Combined thickness--more than 86 cm

COMPETING SERIES:
Annum--100 to 150 cm (deep) to a paralithic contact (granodiorite); dry 90 to 105 consecutive days following summer solstice
Brownlee--more than 25 percent medium and coarser sand in particle-size control section
Chirpchatter--dry more than 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Ebadlow--dry 90 to 105 consecutive days following summer solstice
Felton--dry more than 90 consecutive days following summer solstice; mean annual soil temperature higher than 12 degrees C
Fisherhill--dry 90 to 105 consecutive days following summer solstice
Hellake--pH below 6.0 in argillic horizon
Lompico--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a paralithic contact (sandstone); dry more than 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Lorena, Meland--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt)
Mendian--50 to 70 percent sand in particle-size control section; dry 90 to 100 consecutive days following summer solstice; mean annual soil temperature of 11 to 12 degrees C
Meystre--dry 60 to 75 consecutive days following summer solstice
Quiden--dry 60 to 75 consecutive days following summer solstice
Rehfield--dry 90 to 120 consecutive days following summer solstice; more than 45 percent sand coarser than very fine sand
Robbscreek--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (granodiorite)
Schumacher--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice
Stacker--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); dry 90 to 105 consecutive days following summer solstice
Stardust--more than 5 percent rock fragments in particle-size control section
Updegraff--dry more than 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
Van Horn--texture in C horizon coarser than clay loam

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--240 to 1075 m
Climate--warm, dry summers; cool, moist winters
Mean annual precipitation--380 to 460 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -2 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 19 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 8 to 10 degrees C
Frost-free season--90 to 150 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Blockhouse--on alluvial plains; mollic epipedon 50 to 100 cm thick; moderately well drained
Gunn--on plateaus and side slopes; no mollic epipedon
Konert--on flood plains; aquic soil moisture regime; more than 35 percent clay in argillic horizon
Lorena--on plateaus and side slopes; 50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt)

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

USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--mainly crop production; limited livestock grazing
Principal crops--small grain, hay and pasture
Native vegetation--Oregon white oak, antelope bitterbrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue, Sandberg bluegrass, eriogonum

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Klickitat County, Washington; MLRA 8; moderate 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 surface to a depth of 51 cm
*Argillic horizon--zone from 51 to 150 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from 51 to 101 cm

ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory data--National Soil Survey Laboratory pedon numbers 58WA039003, 58WA039004, 58WA039005, 82WA039001, and 82WA039003

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.