IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geikie taxadjunct

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 13DM01901

User Pedon ID: 13DM01901

Vegetation Plot ID: 13DM01901

User Site Association ID: GLBA Point Data

Transect:

User Transect ID - 13DM019

Transect Stop Number - 1

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 14N0517

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79456

Print Date: 12/4/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 58.4182393

Std. Longitude: -135.7330936

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: 20OD1—Gustavus-Lamplugh complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Alaska

County: AK105—Hoonah-Angoon Census Area

MLRA: 220—Alexander Archipelago-Gulf of Alaska Coast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK-WAS—Wasilla, Alaska

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK692—Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve-Gustavus Area, Alaska

PEDON

Describers Name: Dennis Mulligan

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Haplocryepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Geikie taxadjunct

Classificaton Date - 11/7/2016

Classifier - Dennis Mulligan, Nathan Parry

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: outwash

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
F220XY432AK	Maritime Forest Gravelly Plain

Vegplot Text Note(s): AK SITE Access Database

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/12/2013 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
2FORB 2FORB ARAN7 AVENA CACA4 CAMA11 CHAN9 COSU4 DECE EPCI EQVA FRCA5 FRCH HEMA80 HIOD LUMU2 LUNO PHPR3 PICO PISI PLSC70 POBA2 POPR POVI3 PTCR70 RANUN RONU RUAR RUID SACO2 SASI2 SOMU SYSUS TAOF TRRE3 VAVI VIED	— — Argentina anserina Avena Calamagrostis canadensis Carex macrochaeta Chamerion angustifolium Cornus suecica Deschampsia cespitosa Epilobium ciliatum Equisetum variegatum Fritillaria camschatcensis Fragaria chiloensis Heracleum maximum Hierochloe odorata Luzula multiflora Lupinus nootkatensis Phleum pratense Pinus contorta Picea sitchensis Pleurozium schreberi Populus balsamifera Poa pratensis Polygonum viviparum Ptilium crista-castrensis Ranunculus Rosa nutkana Rubus arcticus Rubus idaeus Salix commutata Salix sitchensis Solidago multiradiata Symphyotrichum subspicatum var. subspicatum Taraxacum officinale Trifolium repens Vaccinium vitis-idaea Viburnum edule	Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike) Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike) silverweed cinquefoil oat bluejoint longawn sedge fireweed Lapland cornel tufted hairgrass fringed willowherb variegated scouringrush Kamchatka fritillary beach strawberry common cowparsnip sweetgrass common woodrush Nootka lupine timothy lodgepole pine Sitka spruce Schreber's big red stem moss balsam poplar Kentucky bluegrass alpine bistort knights plume moss buttercup Nootka rose arctic raspberry American red raspberry undergreen willow Sitka willow Rocky Mountain goldenrod Douglas aster common dandelion white clover lingonberry squashberry	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — 2 2 1 — 2 — 20 — — — 2 3 — — 45 — 15 — 15 — — 2 — — 1 3 2 20 — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon cambic horizon	0—10 10—30	—- —-

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 5 percent clay; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 7.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.

Bw—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) very fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 5 percent clay; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter.

C1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 3 percent clay; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter.

C2—48 to 62 centimeters (18.9 to 24.4 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) stratified stratified silt loam; 42 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 6 percent clay; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter.

C3—62 to 83 centimeters (24.4 to 32.7 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) stratified stratified sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter.

C4—83 to 98 centimeters (32.7 to 38.6 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) gravelly coarse sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter.

C5—98 to 152 centimeters (38.6 to 59.8 inches); variegated coarse sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter.