IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kachemak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987AK122005
  • User Pedon ID: 87AK122005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987AK122005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0784
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60079
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Soil Temperature 65 degrees C. 20 meters from clumps of alder.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Van Patten, Ping, Witty, Alexander, Kimble, Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy, glassy Andic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kachemak
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kachemak
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial over loamy, mixed Haplic Cryohumod
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CACA4

    EPAN

    PISI

    Calamagrostis canadensis

    Ephedra antisyphilitica

    Picea sitchensis

    bluejoint

    clapweed

    Sitka spruce

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    2—6

    6—48

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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

    5

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    225

    70

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    2.2

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    3

    4.5

    0

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    1Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); hemic material; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04272; very moist when described;. Scattered grains of ash at bottom.; few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1E—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04273; very moist when described;. Estimated Bulk density 0.8 g/cc.; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bs—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04274; very moist when described;. Thin (10YR 2/1) layer at bottom of this horizon. Estimated Bulk density 0.8 g/cc.; many very fine and fine roots
    1Eb—11 to 15 centimeters (4.3 to 5.9 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04275; very moist when described;. Thin discontinuous layers of ash at top of horizon.; few coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bhs—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04276; very moist when described;. few coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bs1—22 to 31 centimeters (8.7 to 12.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04277; very moist when described;. few coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bs2—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P04278; very moist when described;. few very fine and fine roots
    1Bc—48 to 68 centimeters (18.9 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04279; very moist when described;. few very fine roots
    2Bb—68 to 95 centimeters (26.8 to 37.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04280; very moist when described;. few very fine roots
    3C—95 to 110 centimeters (37.4 to 43.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04281; very moist when described;. 20% firm and very firm weathered siltstone pebbles. Sieve save and then crush.; few very fine roots