IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Klutina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AK261011
  • User Pedon ID: 81AK261011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0690
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49534
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 61.9166679
  • Std. Longitude: -145.3000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mi SE of the Richardson Highway bridge over the Klutina River and 2000 feet ESE from the S end of an airstrip.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK261—Valdez-Cordova Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Klutina
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Klutina
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed,
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    317

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Undecomposed organic mat of roots, leaves and forest litter.
    A1—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04128. Horizon ranges in thickness from 2 to 3 cm in this pedon.; many very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04129. Horizon ranges in thickness from 3 to 8 cm in thid pedon.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Bw1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # 81P04130. Horizon ranges in thickness from 3 to 8 cm in this pedon.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bw2—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04131. Horizon is continuous over 90% of the pedon, and ranges in thickness from 0 to 24 cm.; common very fine roots; few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR34 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    C1—35 to 59 centimeters (13.8 to 23.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04132. 50% of the horizon is very dark gray (10YR 3/1) very fine sand. In irregular pockets and discontinuous strata which are commonly 18 to 20 cm thick but range from 2 to 20 cm in thickness, larger pockets terminating laterally into one or more; few very fine and fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR34 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    2C2—59 to 99 centimeters (23.2 to 39.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04133. 34% gravel larger than 3/4 and 18% cobbles by weight. Unersides of coarse fragments effervescent on undersides with lime segregated as coatings.; few very fine roots
    2C3—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); fragments. Like above, but fine earth fraction is yellowish red (5YR 4/6, 5YR 5/6 dry) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) dry, in irregular streaks. Not sampled.