IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUTNALA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK122002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK122002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AK122002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33708
  • 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: 59.7528000
  • Std. Longitude: -151.8323059
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1.3 miles south of Anchor River bridge along old Sterling Highway; .1 miles southwest of road; 13 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MUTNALA
  • PSC - 25 to 28 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1960 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    9

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    46

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    90

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    O11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04685
    O12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) peat; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04686
    10 to 12 centimeters (3.9 to 4.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04687
    O2—12 to 18 centimeters (4.7 to 7.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04688
    A1—18 to 20 centimeters (7.1 to 7.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04689
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04690
    B2—30 to 33 centimeters (11.8 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04691
    O2B—33 to 34 centimeters (13.0 to 13.4 inches); black (5YR 2/1); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04692
    A2B—34 to 38 centimeters (13.4 to 15.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04693
    B21H—38 to 40 centimeters (15.0 to 15.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04694
    B22IR—40 to 43 centimeters (15.7 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04695
    B23B—43 to 48 centimeters (16.9 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04696
    A2B1—48 to 50 centimeters (18.9 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04697
    BB1—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04698
    2C1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly loam; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04699
    2C2—84 to 96 centimeters (33.1 to 37.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04700