IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mosman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AK280002
  • User Pedon ID: 81AK280002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0546
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51333
  • 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: 56.2111130
  • Std. Longitude: -132.6980591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 65S
  • Range: 82E
  • Section: 26
  • Location Description: Located in Kindergarten Bay, Etolin Island, AK.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, subactive Lithic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mosman
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plot No. 12
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1981 (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

    45

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    28

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    Oi1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Leaf litter and mosses.
    Oa1—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior muck; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02775. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    A2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior very gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02776. 50 percent coarse fragments by volume.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    B2hir—15 to 16 centimeters (5.9 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. 50 percent coarse fragments by volume.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    R—16 to 43 centimeters (6.3 to 16.9 inches); fragments. Graywacke sandstone.