IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chedatna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AK170008
  • User Pedon ID: 79AK170008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47140
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 61.4000015
  • Std. Longitude: -150.5833282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NW corner
  • Location Description: Yentna Soil Survey Area AK. 3 miles southwest of Bell Island.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK170—Matanuska-Susitna Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas A. Witte Bob Sketchley and Ronald Yeck
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, micro Andic Cryochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chedatna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alex
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, micro Spodic Cryopsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Organic layer of partially decomposed forest litter.
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; silt loam; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02187. common fine and medium roots; common medium faint 10YR53 mottles
    Bir—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02188. few fine and medium roots
    C1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02189. few fine faint 7.5YR44 mottles
    C2—46 to 162 centimeters (18.1 to 63.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P02190