IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chitina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AK261018
  • User Pedon ID: 81AK261018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0683
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49527
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 61.6500015
  • Std. Longitude: -144.5833282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet N of the Edgerton Highway, 50 feet E of a cleared field, 1950 feet due W of NE corner
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK261—Valdez-Cordova Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Pergelic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chitina
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chitina
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid Pergelic Cryorthent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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); undecomposed organic matter; 5.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04076. Undecomposed moss and hyphae of low bulk density; roots of all sizes.; many roots
    C1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04077. Thin discontinuous horizontal bands.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    C2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine faint mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04078. Black through dark brown (10YR 2/1, 2/2, 3/1, 3/3, 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) thin (less than 1 cm) bands, mostly discontinuous and roughly horizontal but with some waviness, some bands within bands, some black bands composed of; common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots; common fine faint 7.5YR32 mottles
    C3—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very fine platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04079. Few thin (less than 1 cm) discontinuous charcoal streaks.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR46 mottles
    C4—58 to 68 centimeters (22.8 to 26.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint and 11 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04080. Discontinuous streaks as well as a few thin black streaks of charcoal.; few very fine roots; common fine distinct 5YR33 mottles; few fine faint 10YR46 mottles
    C5—68 to 89 centimeters (26.8 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very fine platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04081. An irregular, discontinuous streak 1 to 2 cm wide of very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2, 3/3) slightly offset from the horizontal plane.; very few to few very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR46 mottles
    C6f—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); fragments. Similar in color and texture to preceeding horizon, but frozen very hard with very fine, disseminated ice crystals. When thawed, soil is moist, approaching field capacity. Not sampled.