LOCATION KLICKO                  WA

Established Series
Rev. MEH/KWH/RWL
09/2019

KLICKO SERIES

Landscape--mountains
Landform--mountain slopes
Slope--2 to 30 percent
Parent material--loess mixed with colluvium and residuum derived from basalt with an influence of volcanic ash in upper part
Mean annual precipitation--about 640 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 8 degrees C
Depth class--moderately deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--frigid
Soil moisture subclass--typic

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Klicko ashy silt loam in an area of rangeland, on a 6-percent, southwest-facing slope at an elevation of 1100 m (All textures are apparent field textures.)

A--0 to 18 cm; ashy silt loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; very soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine roots; many fine irregular pores; 10 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear smooth boundary

AB--18 to 43 cm; silt loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; many very fine and common fine and medium roots; common fine irregular pores and common fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.4); clear wavy boundary

Bw1--43 to 79 cm; silt loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and few fine roots; common fine irregular pores and many fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.4); gradual wavy boundary

Bw2--79 to 99 cm; gravelly loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic, few fine roots; common fine tubular pores; 20 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.2); abrupt wavy boundary

R--99 cm; fractured basalt

TYPE LOCATION: Klickitat County, Washington, about 640 m north and 520 m west of the southeast corner of section 23, T. 6 N., R. 19 E.; latitude 45 degrees, 59 minutes, 22 seconds north and longitude 120 degrees, 23 minutes, 31 seconds west

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--7 to 8 degrees C
Soil moisture--dry 75 to 90 consecutive days after summer solstice
Depth to bedrock--50 to 100 cm
Thickness of mollic epipedon--23 to 46 cm
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3 throughout
Particle-size control section--10 to 25 percent rock fragments; 10 to 18 percent clay
Upper 20 to 35 cm--estimated 5 to 20 percent volcanic glass and 0.4 to 1.0 percent acid oxalate aluminum plus one-half iron

A horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma--2 or 3 moist
Thickness--10 to 20 cm

AB horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 to 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma--2 or 3 moist
Texture--ashy silt loam, silt loam
Thickness--13 to 25 cm

Bw horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma--3 or 4 moist
Texture--silt loam, loam, gravelly loam
Combined thickness--30 to 69 cm

COMPETING SERIES:
Fren--no lithic contact within a depth of more than 150 cm; mollic epipedon 51 to 89 cm thick; secondary carbonates at a depth of 50 to 90 cm
Teeltruc--no lithic contact within a depth of more than 150 cm; mollic epipedon 51 to 91 cm thick; secondary silica at a depth of 100 to 140 cm

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--975 to 1400 m
Climate--cool, dry summers; cold, wet winters
Mean annual precipitation--430 to 760 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -6 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 15 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--5 to 7 degrees C
Frost-free season--60 to 130 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Berson--on mountains; 100 to 150 cm (deep) to a paralithic contact (basalt); andic soil properties in upper part
Bocker--on plateaus and mountains; 10 to 25 cm (very shallow) to a lithic contact (basalt)
Pird, Satus--on mountains; no lithic contact within a depth of more than 150 cm; andic soil properties in upper part

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

USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--mainly livestock grazing and wildlife habitat
Native vegetation--mainly Oregon white oak, bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue, and antelope bitterbrush

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 surface to a depth of 43 cm
*Cambic horizon--zone from 43 to 99 cm
*Depth to lithic contact--99 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from 25 to 99 cm
*Vitrandic feature--zone from the surface to a depth of 18 cm

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.