IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gustavus taxadjunct
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 13NP05902
  • User Pedon ID: 13NP05902
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 13NP05902
  • User Site Association ID: GLBA Point Data432-1-1IL m432-1-1.2 m
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 13NP059
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0519
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79458
  • 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: 58.4454460
  • Std. Longitude: -135.8965715
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 20GP1—Gustavus-Ibach-Scidmore 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
  • Regional Office: 1—Portland, OR
  • 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: Nathan Parry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed Typic Cryopsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gustavus taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/2016
  • Classifier - 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: organic material over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: glaciated plain
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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: 9/5/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Nathan Parry
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Bw

    BC

    C1

    C2

    0

    13

    25

    51

    80

    13

    25

    51

    80

    152

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oe

    Bw

    BC

    C1

    C2

    0

    13

    25

    51

    80

    13

    25

    51

    80

    152

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oe

    Bw

    BC

    C1

    C2

    0

    13

    25

    51

    80

    13

    25

    51

    80

    152

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FUNGI

    2FUNGI

    2GRAM

    ARDI8

    ATFI

    DICRA8

    DREX2

    GOOB2

    HYSP70

    LICO6

    LYCOP2

    OPHO

    ORSE

    PELTI2

    PELTI2

    PISI

    PISI

    PISI

    PLSC70

    RILA

    RUPE

    STAM2

    TSHE

    TSHE

    TSHE

    VAOV

    VAPA

    VIED

    Aruncus dioicus

    Athyrium filix-femina

    Dicranum

    Dryopteris expansa

    Goodyera oblongifolia

    Hylocomium splendens

    Listera cordata

    Lycopodium

    Oplopanax horridus

    Orthilia secunda

    Peltigera

    Peltigera

    Picea sitchensis

    Picea sitchensis

    Picea sitchensis

    Pleurozium schreberi

    Ribes lacustre

    Rubus pedatus

    Streptopus amplexifolius

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Vaccinium ovalifolium

    Vaccinium parvifolium

    Viburnum edule

    Fungus

    Fungus

    Graminoid (grass or grasslike)

    bride's feathers

    common ladyfern

    dicranum moss

    spreading woodfern

    western rattlesnake plantain

    splendid feather moss

    heartleaf twayblade

    clubmoss

    devilsclub

    sidebells wintergreen

    felt lichen

    felt lichen

    Sitka spruce

    Sitka spruce

    Sitka spruce

    Schreber's big red stem moss

    prickly currant

    strawberryleaf raspberry

    claspleaf twistedstalk

    western hemlock

    western hemlock

    western hemlock

    oval-leaf blueberry

    red huckleberry

    squashberry

    1

    1

    1

    2

    5

    3

    2

    15

    3

    4

    10

    2

    6

    50

    1

    20

    4

    15

    2

    5

    3

    2

    15

    20

    5

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    hemic soil materials

    free carbonates

    0—13

    25—152

    —-

    —-

    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    9/5/2013

    50

    6

    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

    7

    2

    17

    263

    Oe—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 11 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary.
    BC—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); gravelly coarse sand; 94 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary.
    C1—51 to 80 centimeters (20.1 to 31.5 inches); gravelly coarse sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—80 to 152 centimeters (31.5 to 59.8 inches); gravelly coarse sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.