IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kachemak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK122005
  • User Pedon ID: 83AK122005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0841
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53622
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 59.7138901
  • Std. Longitude: -151.5283356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: Near center
  • Location Description: east side of Ohlson mountain.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • MLRA: 170—Cook Inlet-Susitna Lowland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Van Patten J. Moore and C. Ping.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy, amorphic Typic Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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

    spodic horizon

    14—25

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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

    20

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    420

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04259. Not sampled.
    Oe—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior partially decomposed organic matter; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.; many fine and medium roots
    Bs—14 to 21 centimeters (5.5 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled. Thin discontinuous E horizon above this horizon.; many fine and medium roots
    Bhs—21 to 25 centimeters (8.3 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior mucky silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled. Thin strata of ash in middle of horizon. May be buried Oa horizon.; many fine and medium roots
    Eb—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04258. many fine and medium roots
    Bsb—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04259. many fine and medium roots
    Bw1—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04260. common fine roots
    Bw2—54 to 103 centimeters (21.3 to 40.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 11 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04261. common fine roots
    2C—103 to 124 centimeters (40.6 to 48.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 11 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 83P04262. Some silt coats in root channels.