LOCATION KLICKER WA+ID OR
Established Series
Rev. PNP/KDPL/RWL/SBC
09/2019
KLICKER SERIES
Landscape--mountains, plateaus
Landform--mountain slopes, canyons, structural benches
Slope--0 to 90 percent
Parent material--loess mixed with volcanic ash, slope alluvium and colluvium derived from basalt
Mean annual precipitation--about 760 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 6 degrees C
Depth class--moderately deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--frigid
Soil moisture subclass--typic
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Klicker stony ashy silt loam, forested
Oi--0 to 1 cm; slightly decomposed leaves, pine needles, grass, and twigs
A--1 to 10 cm; stony ashy silt loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many roots; common fine pores; 15 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones; slightly acid pH (6.2); clear wavy boundary
ABt--10 to 25 cm; cobbly ashy silt loam, brown (7.5YR 5/2) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky and moderately plastic; common roots; common fine pores; faint patchy clay films on vertical and horizontal surfaces of peds and in pores; 25 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones; neutral (pH 6.6); gradual wavy boundary
Bt1--25 to 46 cm; cobbly silty clay loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; few roots; common fine pores; continuous prominent clay films on peds; 25 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones; slightly acid (pH 6.4); clear wavy boundary
Bt2--46 to 71 cm; very cobbly silty clay loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; common roots; common fine pores; patchy clay films on peds and few clay films lining pores; 50 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones; slightly acid (pH 6.5); abrupt wavy boundary
2R--71 cm; basalt
TYPE LOCATION: Walla Walla County, Washington, Lewis Peak Road, Blue Mountain Area, about 90 m from road junction; in the NW1/4NE1/4 of section 24, T. 7 N., R. 38 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of solum--50 to 100 cm (extends to a lithic contact)
Mean annual soil temperature--6 to 8 degrees C
Moisture control section--usually moist, but dry 60 to 75 consecutive days following summer solstice in all parts between depths of 10 and 30 cm
Organic matter content--decreases to less than 1 percent below a depth of 50 cm
Particle-size control section
*Content of clay--20 to 35 percent
*Content of sand in fine-earth fraction--5 to 40 percent
A horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value--3 to 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma--2 or 3 moist or dry
Texture--ashy silt loam, ashy loam, ashy sandy loam
Content of gravel, cobbles, and stones--10 to 65 percent
Content of volcanic glass--5 to 20 percent
Acid oxalate Al plus 1/2 Fe--0.4 to 0.8 percent
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3
Thickness--5 to 33 cm
ABt horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Chroma--2 or 3 moist or dry
Texture--ashy silt loam, ashy loam
Content of gravel, cobbles, and stones--10 to 50 percent
Content of volcanic glass--5 to 15 percent
Acid oxalate Al plus 1/2 Fe--0.4 to 0.8 percent
Reaction--6.1 to 7.3
Thickness--0 to 20 cm
Bt horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value--4 to 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma--2 to 4 moist or dry
Texture--dominantly silty clay loam, but includes silt loam and clay loam
Content of clay--averages 25 to 35 percent
Content of angular gravel, cobbles, and stones--35 to 70 percent
Reaction--5.6 to 7.3
Combined thickness--36 to 61 cm
COMPETING SERIES:
Barneycreek--no lithic contact within a depth of more than 150 cm (very deep)
Getaway--100 to 150 cm or more (deep, very deep) to a lithic contact (basalt, andesite, andesitic basalt)
Klickson--100 to 150 cm or more (deep, very deep) to a lithic contact (basalt)
Larabee--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days; acid oxalate Al plus 1/2
Fe of 0.8 to 1.5 percent
Millerflat,
Ryespur--no lithic contact within a depth of more than 150 cm
Stemilt--100 to 150 cm or more (deep, very deep) to a lithic contact (basalt, andesite)
Sycreek--89 to 114 cm (moderately deep, deep) to densic material
Wileyflat--dry 75 to 90 days following summer solstice
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--760 to 1890 m
Climate--cool, dry summers; cold, wet winters
Mean annual precipitation--380 to 1020 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -4 to -3 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--17 to 19 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--4 to 7 degrees C
Frost-free season--60 to 120 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Anatone,
Bocker,
Gwin--on plateaus; 25 to 50 cm (shallow) to a lithic contact (basalt)
Cloverland,
Couse--on plateaus; no lithic contact within a depth of 100 cm
Getaway--on canyon walls; no lithic contact within a depth of 100 cm
Larkin,
Tolo--on uplands; no lithic contact within a depth of 100 cm or more
Millerpoint--mantle of volcanic ash more than 90 cm thick; no lithic contact within a depth of 150 cm or more
Sweiting--on plateaus; fine particle-size class
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--well drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)--moderately high
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--dominantly timber production and wildlife habitat
Native vegetation--ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, bluebunch wheatgrass, slender wheatgrass, bromegrass, elk sedge, Oregon grape, common snowberry, Saskatoon serviceberry, creambush oceanspray, mallow ninebark, wild rose
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeast and south-central Washington, northeast and central Oregon, western Idaho; MLRAs 10 and 6; large extent
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Walla Walla County, Washington; 1960
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features in this pedon
*Mollic epipedon--zone from 1 to 46 cm
*Argillic horizon--zone from 25 to 71 cm
*Depth to lithic contact--71 cm
*Vitrandic feature--zone from 1 to 25 cm
*Ultic feature--zone from 25 to 71 cm; estimated base saturation (sum) of 75 percent or less in some part
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.