IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bodenburg

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1989AK170001

User Pedon ID: 89AK170001

Vegetation Plot ID: S1989AK170001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 89P0640

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61740

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: 61.5916672

Std. Longitude: -149.0888824

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Matanuska-Susitna Survey Area; Palmer; West of Airport main runway; North of Woods field

State: Alaska

County: AK170—Matanuska-Susitna Borough

MLRA: 170—Cook Inlet-Susitna Lowland

PEDON

Describers Name: Mark H. Clark, Joe Moore, and Bob Ahrens

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Typic Cryorthents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Bodenburg

PSC - 25 to 102 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Kiokluk

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid Typic Cryorthent

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: river valley

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (actual site observation date)

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
BEPA PIGL VIED	Betula papyrifera Picea glauca Viburnum edule	paper birch white spruce squashberry	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon	0—25	—-

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
0	—	—	30	—		41	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) peat; 5.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03580. many fine roots; many medium roots

A—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; 5.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03581. many fine roots; many medium roots

AC—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak thin platy structure; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03582. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; common medium faint 10YR41 mottles

Bw—35 to 63 centimeters (13.8 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; 40 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03583. horizons C & Bw are one sample; common very fine and fine roots

C—35 to 63 centimeters (13.8 to 24.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; fragments; 60 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent). Lab sample # 89P03583. horizons C & Bw are one sample

C1—63 to 91 centimeters (24.8 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; 30 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03584. Bw & C1 are one sample; common very fine and fine roots

Bw—63 to 91 centimeters (24.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; fragments; 70 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent). Lab sample # 89P03584. Bw & C1 are one sample

C2—91 to 129 centimeters (35.8 to 50.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; massive; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; 40 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03585. Bw & C2 are one sample; few very fine roots

Bw—91 to 129 centimeters (35.8 to 50.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; fragments; 60 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent). Lab sample # 89P03585. Bw & C2 are one sample

C3—129 to 152 centimeters (50.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; 40 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03586. Bw & C3 are one sample

Bw—129 to 152 centimeters (50.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; fragments; 60 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent). Lab sample # 89P03586. Bw & C3 are one sample

2C—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 89P03587