LOCATION OUTLOOK                 WA

Established Series
Rev. CDL/KDPL/KMS
09/2019

OUTLOOK SERIES

Landscape--valleys
Landform--flood plains
Slope--0 to 5 percent
Parent material--alluvium
Mean annual precipitation--about 230 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 11 degrees C
Depth class--deep
Drainage class--somewhat poorly drained
Soil moisture regime--aquic
Soil temperature regime--mesic
Soil moisture subclass--aeric

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Aeric Halaquepts

TYPICAL PEDON: Outlook silt loam in an area of grassland

Apn1--0 to 5 cm; silt loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; many fine roots; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.5); abrupt wavy boundary

Apn2--5 to 10 cm; silt loam, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) dry, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) moist; few fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) redoximorphic features; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; many fine roots; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); clear wavy boundary

Agn--10 to 20 cm; silt loam, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) dry, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) moist; common fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) redoximorphic features; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; common fine roots; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); clear wavy boundary

Bgn--20 to 46 cm; silt loam, light gray (10YR 7/2) dry, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) moist; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) redoximorphic features; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; few roots; few tubular pores; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); gradual wavy boundary

Bn--46 to 150 cm; silt loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry, dark brown (10YR 3/3) moist; common medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) redoximorphic features; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few roots; few tubular pores; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); gradual wavy boundary

TYPE LOCATION: Yakima County, Washington; about 230 m east and 12 m north of the center of section 24, T. 10 N., R. 21 E.; latitude 46.3391113, longitude -120.1330718, datum WGS 84 (estimated from section, township, and range)

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Estimated mean annual soil temperature--11 degrees C at a depth of 50 cm
Soil moisture--moist
Depth to seasonal high water table--5 to 100 cm
Effervescence--none to violent in any horizon
Sodium adsorption ratio--15 percent or more in upper 25 to 50 cm; decreases as depth increases
Particle-size control section--5 to 15 percent clay; less than 15 percent sand coarser than very fine sand

Apn horizon
Hue--2.5Y, 10YR
Value--2 or 3 moist, 4 or 5 dry
Combined thickness--3 to 15 cm

Agn horizon
Hue--2.5Y, 10YR
Value--3 or 4 moist, 5 or 6 dry
Value of redoximorphic features--4 or 5 moist
Thickness--0 to 10 cm

Bgn horizon (where present)
Hue--2.5Y, 10YR
Value--3 to 5 moist, 5 to 7 dry
Value of redoximorphic features--4 or 5 moist
Texture--silt loam, very fine sandy loam
Reaction--7.9 to 9.0
Thickness--0 to 38 cm

Bn horizon
Hue--2.5Y, 10YR
Value--3 to 5 moist, 5 to 7 dry
Chroma--3 or 4 moist or dry
Value of redoximorphic features--4 or 5 moist
Texture--silt loam, very fine sandy loam
Reaction--7.9 to 9.0

COMPETING SERIES: None

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--90 to 610 m
Climate--semiarid; warm, dry summers; cool, moist winters
Mean annual precipitation--150 to 310 mm
Mean January air temperature--about -2 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 23 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 11 degrees C
Frost-free season--130 to 180 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Esquatzel, Shano--well drained; no sodic properties

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

USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--wildlife habitat
Native vegetation--inland saltgrass, basin wildrye, black greasewood, other halophytic plants

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Washington; MLRA 7; small extent

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Yakima County, Washington; 1979

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.