IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tuxekan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AK201006
  • User Pedon ID: 84AK201006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0694
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56960
  • 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: 55.7041664
  • Std. Longitude: -132.5833282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 71S
  • Range: 84E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Thorne Bay
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK201—Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RHH
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tuxekan
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (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

    3—42

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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

    3

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    50

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    9

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior unweathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 85P03558
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03559. 5% gravel.
    Bhs—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03560. 10% gravel.
    Bs—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03561. 10% gravel.
    BC—31 to 47 centimeters (12.2 to 18.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03562. 30% gravel.
    C—47 to 101 centimeters (18.5 to 39.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03563. 60% gravel.