IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KACHEMAK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK122004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK122004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AK122004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0620
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33698
  • 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: 59.6661377
  • Std. Longitude: -151.5486755
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles east of West Hill Road along Diamond Ridge Road, 200 feet south of road; 1 and 1/2 miles north 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KACHEMAK
  • PSC - 25 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1960 (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

    PISI

    Picea sitchensis

    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

    4

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    320

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    O1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04593; moist when described;
    A2—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04594; moist when described;
    B2—11 to 13 centimeters (4.3 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04595; moist when described;
    O2B—13 to 14 centimeters (5.1 to 5.5 inches); black (5YR 2/1); 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04596; moist when described;
    A2B—14 to 21 centimeters (5.5 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04597; moist when described;
    B21B—21 to 26 centimeters (8.3 to 10.2 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04598; moist when described;
    B22B—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04599; moist when described;
    B3B—36 to 44 centimeters (14.2 to 17.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04600; moist when described;
    C1—44 to 51 centimeters (17.3 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04601; moist when described;
    2C2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fine pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04602; moist when described;
    2C3—66 to 82 centimeters (26.0 to 32.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) medium faint mottles; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04603; moist when described;