IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kachemak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK122002
  • User Pedon ID: 83AK122002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0838
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53619
  • 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: 59.6666679
  • Std. Longitude: -151.5416718
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • MLRA: 170—Cook Inlet-Susitna Lowland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Van Patten and J. Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy, amorphic Alic Haplocryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kachemak
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kachemak
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic over loamy Typic Cryandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—4

    25—43

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    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

    2

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    336

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04242. Not sampled.
    Oa—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    E—7 to 11 centimeters (2.8 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Not sampled.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Bs—11 to 14 centimeters (4.3 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Not sampled.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Eb—14 to 21 centimeters (5.5 to 8.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04242. 10YR 2/1 band in horizon about 1 to 3 cm thick.; common very fine and fine roots
    Bsb—21 to 32 centimeters (8.3 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04243. common very fine and fine roots
    Bwb—32 to 49 centimeters (12.6 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04244. common very fine and fine roots
    C—49 to 83 centimeters (19.3 to 32.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04245. few fine roots
    2C1—83 to 99 centimeters (32.7 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior unknown texture; massive; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, cresol red; abrupt broken boundary. Not sampled.; few fine roots
    2C2—99 to 147 centimeters (39.0 to 57.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 83P04246