IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KENAI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957AK122004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957AK122004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957AK122004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0625
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33703
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 60.5222740
  • Std. Longitude: -151.0842896
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 5 miles southwest of Kenai.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KENAI
  • PSC - 25 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1957 (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

    PIGL

    Picea glauca

    white spruce

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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

    2

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    61

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04635
    O2—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04636
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04637
    B2—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04638
    B3—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04639
    C1—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04640
    C2—49 to 64 centimeters (19.3 to 25.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04641
    2C3—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A04642