IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sukoi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987AK220010
  • User Pedon ID: 87AK220010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987AK220010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0789
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60084
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 57.0000000
  • Std. Longitude: -135.0000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK220—Sitka Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Moore, Kimble, Laliberte, Witty, Hueker, Correll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic Typic Cryaquands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sukoi
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sukoi
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial Humic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CHINO

    COCA

    TSHE

    Chenopodium incanum var. occidentale

    Cocculus carolinus

    Tsuga heterophylla

    mealy goosefoot

    Carolina coralbead

    western hemlock

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

    spodic horizon

    7—60

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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

    18

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    45

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    1Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior hemic material; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04317; wet when described;. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    1Oa—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior Error; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04318; wet when described;. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    1Bh—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior mucky silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04319; wet when described;. Contains pockets of E horizon like material too small to sample.; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bhs—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; massive, and moderate coarse subangular blocky; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04320; wet when described;. few medium roots; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bs1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and 40 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and 10 percent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) interior loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P04321; wet when described;. few medium roots; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bs2—36 to 60 centimeters (14.2 to 23.6 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and 30 percent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04322; wet when described;. few medium roots; few very fine and fine roots
    1BC—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04323; wet when described;. Parts of horizon is firm, weathered pumice.; few medium roots; few very fine and fine roots
    1C—80 to 94 centimeters (31.5 to 37.0 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04324; wet when described;. Weathered pumice.
    1Csm—94 to 97 centimeters (37.0 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04325; very moist when described;
    1C'—97 to 120 centimeters (38.2 to 47.2 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior loamy sand, fine sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04326; very moist when described;. Has old root channels with (5YR 7/2) color. Stratified as shown by color and texture.