IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952AK261002
  • User Pedon ID: S1952AK261002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1952AK261002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0632
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33710
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 61.7500000
  • Std. Longitude: -147.0833282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK261—Valdez-Cordova Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kubota
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 0 to 6 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1952 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BENA

    EMPET

    LEDUM

    VACCI

    VAVI

    Betula nana

    Empetrum

    Ledum

    Vaccinium

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

    dwarf birch

    crowberry

    Labrador tea

    blueberry

    lingonberry

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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

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); peat; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04706; moist when described;
    O2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) peat; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04707; moist when described;
    A2—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04708; moist when described;
    B—26 to 33 centimeters (10.2 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A04709; moist when described;
    2C—33 to 33 centimeters (13.0 to 13.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04710; moist when described;