IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salt Chuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AK280014
  • User Pedon ID: 81AK280014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51345
  • 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: 56.4955559
  • Std. Longitude: -133.3716736
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 62S
  • Range: 77E
  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: Located in the Totem Bay, Kupreanof Island. NW corner of plot 244.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Entic Cryumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Salt Chuck
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plot No. 244-246
  • 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
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    180

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02835. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    O2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior; weak fine granular structure; very 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 boundary. Lab sample # 82P02836. 90 percent fibers unrubbed and 80 percent fibers rubbed.; many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    A2—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02837. 40 to 50 percent gravels by volume.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    C1—43 to 111 centimeters (16.9 to 43.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P02838. 65 to 80 percent gravels by volume.; few very fine and fine roots