IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niblack
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK130113
  • User Pedon ID: 83AK130113
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0815
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53596
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 55.9625015
  • Std. Longitude: -133.6027832
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68S
  • Range: 76E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK130—Ketchikan Gateway Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Hopper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic Lithic Cryosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 113
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Niblack
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plot No. 113
  • 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

    histic epipedon

    0—63

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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

    10

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    70

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    225

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    1Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior mucky peat; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04138. few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1Oa1—6 to 56 centimeters (2.4 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish gray (10R 3/1) interior mucky peat; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 80 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P04139. Common large pockets of (10R 3/4) and (10R 3/6) corresponding to chunk of decomposed logs.; many medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1Oa2—56 to 63 centimeters (22.0 to 24.8 inches); black (N 2/0) interior extremely stony muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 50 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P04140. few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1BC—63 to 72 centimeters (24.8 to 28.3 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior extremely stony fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 5 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 80 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 83P04141. Numerous broad streaks and pockets of (2.5YR 2.5/2).; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots