IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KACHEMAK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK122003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK122003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AK122003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0619
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33697
  • 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: 59.6769676
  • Std. Longitude: -151.5897827
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1.2 miles west of West Hill Road along Diamond Ridge Road; 100 feet north of road
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KACHEMAK
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (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

    EQUIS

    PISI

    Equisetum

    Picea sitchensis

    horsetail

    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

    5

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    335

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    O1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04580; moist when described;
    O2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04581; moist when described;
    A2—23 to 24 centimeters (9.1 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04582; moist when described;
    B21—24 to 27 centimeters (9.4 to 10.6 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04583; moist when described;
    B22—27 to 29 centimeters (10.6 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04584; moist when described;
    O2B—29 to 30 centimeters (11.4 to 11.8 inches); black (5YR 2/1); weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04585; moist when described;
    A2B—30 to 33 centimeters (11.8 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04586; moist when described;
    B21B—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04587; moist when described;
    B22B—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04588; moist when described;
    B3B—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04589; moist when described;
    C1—59 to 76 centimeters (23.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04590; moist when described;
    C2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04591; moist when described;
    2C3—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; vesicular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04592; moist when described;