IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGilvery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AK280001
  • User Pedon ID: 81AK280001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0545
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51332
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 56.8486099
  • Std. Longitude: -133.8611145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 67S
  • Range: 87E
  • Section: 9
  • Location Description: Located on Entrance Island.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic Lithic Cryofolists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McGilvery
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plot No. 10
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1981 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    18

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    31

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    Oi1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior peat; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02771. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    Oe1—5 to 31 centimeters (2.0 to 12.2 inches); 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0) interior; weak medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02772. 50 percect fibers unrubbed and 30 percent rubbed.; many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    C—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior extremely gravelly loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02774. 70 percent gravel.; few fine roots
    R—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); fragments. Fractured platy andesite.
    Oa2—31 to 23 centimeters (12.2 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02773. 35 percent gravels by volume. 10 percent unrubbed and 5 percent rubbed.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots