IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUTNALA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK122001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK122001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AK122001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0629
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33707
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 59.7308540
  • Std. Longitude: -151.7534027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: near gravel pit, 5 miles south of Anchor River bridge along old Sterling Highway; 9 miles northwest of Homer
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. T. Alexander and S. Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MUTNALA
  • PSC - 25 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    PISI

    Picea glauca

    Picea sitchensis

    white spruce

    Sitka 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
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    O11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04669
    O12—4 to 22 centimeters (1.6 to 8.7 inches); peat; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04670
    A11—22 to 23 centimeters (8.7 to 9.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) fine sandy loam; single grain; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04671
    23 to 24 centimeters (9.1 to 9.4 inches); black (5YR 2/1); 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04672
    A21—24 to 25 centimeters (9.4 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04673
    A22—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04674
    B2—28 to 32 centimeters (11.0 to 12.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04675
    O2B—32 to 32 centimeters (12.6 to 12.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04676
    A2B—32 to 37 centimeters (12.6 to 14.6 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; moderate very thin platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04677
    B21BH—37 to 40 centimeters (14.6 to 15.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04678
    B22BIR—40 to 42 centimeters (15.7 to 16.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04679
    B23B—42 to 52 centimeters (16.5 to 20.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04680
    B3—52 to 63 centimeters (20.5 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04681
    A2B1—63 to 66 centimeters (24.8 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; 0.5 roots; fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04682
    BB1—66 to 80 centimeters (26.0 to 31.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04683
    D—80 to 98 centimeters (31.5 to 38.6 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04684