IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kupreanof
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK122009
  • User Pedon ID: 83AK122009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53709
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 59.4547234
  • Std. Longitude: -151.6694489
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 305 meters S and 30 meters E of NW corner SE 1/4
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • MLRA: 169—South-Central Alaska Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Van Patten and T. Dillon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kupreanof
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic-skeletal Humic Cryorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    spodic horizon

    0—5

    17—68

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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

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    415

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 84P00086. Not sampled.
    Oe—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    Oa—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Not sampled. 8 mm strata of volcanic ash at 5 cm.
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00083. common fine and medium roots
    Bhs—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00084. Pockets of volcanic ash throughout horizon.; common fine and medium roots
    Eb—33 to 36 centimeters (13.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00085. common fine and medium roots
    Bsb1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00086. common fine and medium roots
    2Bsb2—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00087. common fine and medium roots
    2C—86 to 103 centimeters (33.9 to 40.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P00088