IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOMESTEAD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AK170006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AK170006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AK170006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0618
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33696
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 61.5509338
  • Std. Longitude: -149.5529480
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Wasilla Soil Conservation Subdistrict which is 15 miles southwest of Palmer (4 miles southwest of Wasilla).
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK170—Matanuska-Susitna Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOMESTEAD
  • PSC - 25 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1956 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BETUL

    Betula

    birch

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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

    4

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    99

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04574
    O2—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04575
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 1 percent manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04576
    B2—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04577
    B3—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04578
    2C—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly fine sandy loam; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04579