IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Karta
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1983AK130131
User Pedon ID:
83AK130131
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
84P0368
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
54612
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:
55.5000000
Std. Longitude:
-132.4708405
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
73S
Range:
85E
Section:
34
PLSS Details:
519 meters S of NW corner
State:
Alaska
County:
AK130—Ketchikan Gateway Borough
PEDON
Describers Name:
SJS
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
131
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Karta
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthods
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1983
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1983 (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
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
8
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225
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Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior peat; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01954. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
Oa—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) interior muck; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01955. common very fine and fine roots; few to common medium and coarse roots
Bs—30 to 55 centimeters (11.8 to 21.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01956
Cr—55 to 55 centimeters (21.7 to 21.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very gravelly loamy sand; massive; firm; 20 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter mixed fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 84P01957