LOCATION KAIDERS WA
Established Series
Rev. JDC/TLA/RJE/RWL
09/2019
KAIDERS SERIES
Landscape--mountains, hills
Landform--mountain slopes, hillslopes
Slope--5 to 45 percent
Parent material--colluvium derived from basalt and a minor amount of volcanic ash and loess
Mean annual precipitation--about 760 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Ultic Haploxeralfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Kaiders cobbly loam, forested, on a 15-percent, south-facing backslope at an elevation of 740 m
Oi--0 to 3 cm; slightly decomposed needles and twigs
A--3 to 18 cm; cobbly loam, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) dry, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) moist; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many very fine and few fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 10 percent gravel and 20 percent cobbles; neutral (pH 6.6); clear smooth boundary
BA--18 to 53 cm; gravelly loam, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) dry, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many fine and few very fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 15 percent gravel, 5 percent cobbles, and 20 percent basalt paragravel; neutral (pH 6.6); gradual smooth boundary
Bt1--53 to 81 cm; gravelly loam, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) dry, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots; many very fine irregular pores and common fine tubular pores; few faint clay films lining pores; 20 percent gravel and 10 percent basalt paragravel; slightly acid (pH 6.4); gradual smooth boundary
Bt2--81 to 109 cm; gravelly loam, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) dry, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; many very fine irregular pores and common fine tubular pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds and lining pores; 15 percent gravel, 5 percent cobbles, and 20 percent basalt paragravel; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear smooth boundary
BCt--109 to 155 cm; very gravelly loam, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) dry, red (2.5YR 4/6) moist; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds and lining pores; 40 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, and 20 percent basalt paragravel; moderately acid (pH 6.0)
TYPE LOCATION: Klickitat County, Washington, about 24 km northwest of Goldendale; about 760 m north and 910 m west of the southeast corner of section 33, T. 6 N., R. 14 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--7 to 8 degrees C
Soil moisture control section--usually moist, but dry in all parts 60 to 75 consecutive days following summer solstice
Particle-size control section--10 to 30 percent clay; 15 to 35 percent rock fragments; 10 to 25 percent pararock fragments
Rock fragment content below particle-size control section--35 to 70 percent, including 0 to 15 percent cobbles
A horizon
Hue--2.5YR to 7.5YR
Value--4 or 5 dry
Chroma--2 to 4 dry or moist
Texture--stony loam, cobbly loam
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3
Thickness--8 to 15 cm
BA horizon
Hue--2.5YR to 7.5YR
Value--3 or 4 moist
Chroma--3 to 6 dry or moist
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3
Thickness--15 to 36 cm
Bt horizon
Hue--2.5YR to 7.5YR
Value--5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma--3 to 6 dry or moist
Texture--gravelly loam, gravelly clay loam
Reaction--5.6 to 7.3
Combined thickness--25 to 86 cm
BCt horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR
Value--5 or 6 dry
Chroma--4 to 6 dry or moist
Texture--very gravelly loam, extremely gravelly loam
Reaction--5.6 to 7.3
COMPETING SERIES:
Cavendish--100 to 150 cm (deep) to a paralithic contact (basalt); dry 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice
Martis--dry more than 75 consecutive days following summer solstice; umbric epipedon 25 to 51 cm thick
Teanaway--glossic epipedon (E/Bt horizon); perched water table at a depth of 75 to 125 cm; buried 2Btb horizon at a depth of 100 to 150 cm
Ubaj--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to lacustrine sediment (2C horizon); perched water table within a depth of 50 to 100 cm; less than 15 percent rock fragments in particle-size control section
Wafla--dry more than 75 days following summer solstice
Wintoner--less than 15 percent rock fragments in particle-size control section
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--550 to 1000 m
Climate--warm, dry summers; cold, moist winters
Mean annual precipitation--640 to 890 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -3 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 18 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 6 to 8 degrees C
Frost-free season--90 to 130 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Dalig--mesic soil temperature regime; on hillslopes, plateaus, and benches
Fanal--coarse-loamy particle-size class; on hillslopes
Gunn--mesic soil temperature regime; on plateaus, benches, hillslopes, and ridgetops
Para--mesic soil temperature regime; on plateaus
Presher--on plateaus and mountain slopes
Quiden--mesic soil temperature regime; on plateaus and benches
Tigit--mesic soil temperature regime; on plateaus
Wahoo--25 to 50 cm (shallow) to a lithic contact (basalt); on plateaus and canyons
Yedlick--mesic soil temperature regime; on mountain slopes
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--well drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)--moderately high
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--mainly timber production, livestock grazing, and wildlife habitat
Vegetation--Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, Oregon white oak, western hazel, deerbrush ceanothus, redstem ceanothus, Oregon grape, elk sedge, Idaho fescue, squawcarpet
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Klickitat County, Washington; MLRA 6; 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
*Ochric epipedon
*Argillic horizon--zone from 53 to 155 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from 53 to 103 cm
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Partial laboratory data--sample number S76WA-039-1
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.