IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGilvery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK220005
  • User Pedon ID: 83AK220005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53809
  • 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: 57.2666664
  • Std. Longitude: -134.6166687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53S
  • Range: 68E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Woody point SI005
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK220—Sitka Borough
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N.J.S. and C.S.C.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic Lithic Cryofolists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McGilvery
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (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

    Oe—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior unknown texture; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00614. many fine and medium roots; common coarse roots
    E—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches); 60 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior and 40 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior unknown texture; 1.0 medium and coarse roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00615. many fine roots; few to common medium and coarse roots
    Bw—27 to 38 centimeters (10.6 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00616. few fine roots; common medium roots
    R—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Not sampled.