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: 11/11/2024

    • 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

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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