LOCATION SAUTER WA
Established Series
Rev. EH/RJE/RWL
09/2019
SAUTER SERIES
Landscape--canyonlands
Landform--north-facing canyons
Slope--30 to 75 percent
Parent material--colluvium derived from basalt mixed with loess
Mean annual precipitation--about 560 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 8 degrees C
Depth class--very deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--mesic
Soil moisture subclass--typic
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Sauter gravelly loam, forested, on a 50-percent, northeast-facing side slope at an elevation at 275 m
A--0 to 15 cm; gravelly loam, brown (7.5YR 4/2) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; many very fine and fine and common medium roots; many fine irregular pores; 20 percent gravel; moderately acid (pH 6.0); clear wavy boundary
AB--15 to 48 cm; very gravelly loam, brown (7.5YR 5/2) dry, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine and few medium roots; common fine tubular pores; 40 percent gravel; slightly acid (pH 6.2); gradual wavy boundary
Bt1--48 to 94 cm; very gravelly clay loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) dry, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and moderately plastic; common very fine, fine, and coarse roots; common fine tubular pores; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent gravel and 10 percent cobbles; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear wavy boundary
Bt2--94 to 150 cm; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) extremely gravelly clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; many distinct clay films on faces of peds; 45 percent gravel and 20 percent cobbles; slightly acid (pH 6.4)
TYPE LOCATION: Klickitat County, Washington, about 1.6 km south of Wahkiacus; about 245 m north and 30 m west of the southeast corner of section 19, T. 4 N., R. 14 E.; latitude 45 degrees, 48 minutes, 46 seconds north and longitude 121 degrees, 5 minutes, 33 seconds west
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Moisture control section--usually moist, but dry 60 to 75 consecutive days following summer solstice
Mean annual soil temperature--8 to 10 degrees C
Particle-size control section--average of 35 to 65 percent rock fragments; 20 to 35 percent clay
Thickness of mollic epipedon--40 to 50 cm
Reaction--5.6 to 6.5 throughout
A and AB horizons
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR
Value--4 or 5 dry
Chroma--2 or 3 dry or moist
Texture of AB horizon--gravelly loam, very gravelly loam
Thickness of A horizon--13 to 20 cm
Thickness of AB horizon--20 to 33 cm
Bt horizon
Hue--5YR, 7.5YR
Value--5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma--4 to 6 dry or moist
Texture--very cobbly loam, very gravelly loam, very gravelly clay loam, extremely gravelly clay loam
Combined thickness--greater than 97 cm
COMPETING SERIES:
Balake--mollic epipedon 25 to 40 cm thick; hue of 10YR throughout
Beezee--mean annual soil temperature of 10 to 12 degrees C; 20 to 40 percent pararock fragments; less than 35 percent rock fragments in lower part of argillic horizon
Bluesprin--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt, andesite)
Fordice--mean annual soil temperature of 11 to 14 degrees C
Hunsinger--100 to 150 cm (deep) to a paralithic contact (basalt); dry 120 to 140 consecutive days following summer solstice
Jebe--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice; mollic epipedon 25 to 40 cm thick
Jellico--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); dry 110 to 130 consecutive days following summer solstice
Keuterville--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice; more than 35 percent rock fragments in upper part of argillic horizon
Legall--dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice; mean annual soil temperature of 10 to 12 degrees C
Nashmead--100 to 150 cm (deep) to a lithic contact (sandstone, shale); dry more than 90 consecutive days
Riverpoint--mollic epipedon 25 to 40 cm thick; 65 to 100 cm to base of argillic horizon; 0 to 15 percent pararock fragments in argillic horizon
Shanks--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (granitic rock); mollic epipedon 20 to 35 cm thick
Sienna--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); 35 to 60 percent rounded quartzitic rock fragments; dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--60 to 670 m
Climate--warm, dry summers; cold, wet winters
Mean annual precipitation--460 to 640 m
Mean January air temperature--about -2 degrees C
Mean July air temperature--about 18 degrees C
Mean annual air temperature--about 8 to 9 degrees C
Frost-free season--120 to 140 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Dillcourt,
Oreoke--mollic epipedon more than 50 cm thick; on canyon side slopes
Gunn--no mollic epipedon; on plateaus and hillslopes
Legall--dry 75 to 90 consecutive days following summer solstice; mean annual soil temperature of 10 to 12 degrees C
Leidl--50 to 100 cm (moderately deep) to a lithic contact (basalt); on plateaus and canyon side 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, wildlife habitat, and recreation
Native vegetation--Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, scattered Oregon white oak, western hazel, creambush oceanspray, common snowberry, spirea, elk sedge
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 48 cm
*Argillic horizon--zone from 48 to 150 cm
*Particle-size control section--zone from 48 to 98 cm
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.