IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sarkar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK130050
  • User Pedon ID: 83AK130050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0830
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53611
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 55.7638893
  • Std. Longitude: -133.2250061
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 70S
  • Range: 80E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK130—Ketchikan Gateway Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Hopper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed Lithic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarkar
  • PSC - 0 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plot No. 150
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic Humic Lithic Cryorthod
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1983 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    spodic horizon

    0—36

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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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    225

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior partially decomposed organic matter, peat; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04203. few fine roots; many very fine roots
    Oe—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior mucky peat; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04204. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bhs—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04205. Less than five percent gravel. Large sometime interconnected pockets of (N 2/0).; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    B/C—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P04206. Less than five percent gravel. Streaks and pockets of (5YR 3/3) and (N 2/0).; few very fine roots
    R—51 to 100 centimeters (20.1 to 39.4 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Not sampled. Mildly metamorphosed limestone.