IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Tuxekan
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1983AK130114
User Pedon ID:
83AK130114
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
83P0816
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
53597
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
Coarse-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Haplocryods
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
114
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Tuxekan
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Plot No. 114
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic 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
2—16
—-
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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—
70
—
315
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Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish gray (10R 3/1) interior mucky peat; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04142. many very fine and fine roots
Oa—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); black (N 2/0) interior muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04143. Common large pockets of (10R 3/4) and (109R 3/6) corresponding to chunks of decomposed logs.; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
E—10 to 12 centimeters (3.9 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04144. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
Bs—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04144. many medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
BC—26 to 78 centimeters (10.2 to 30.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04145. Numerous large pockets of (7.5YR 3/2).; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
2C—78 to 128 centimeters (30.7 to 50.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 10 percent clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; fragments. Lab sample # 83P04146. 50 percent gravel. 2C horizon is stratified with lenses of medium and coarse loamy-sand material.