IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KENAI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK122005
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK122005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AK122005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0626
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33704
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 60.5158844
  • Std. Longitude: -151.0570679
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, about 100 yards southeast of corner
  • Location Description: 6 miles southwest of Kenai
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KENAI
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1960 (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

    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

    3

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    61

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04643
    O2—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04644
    6 to 6 centimeters (2.4 to 2.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04645
    A2—6 to 10 centimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04646
    B21—10 to 11 centimeters (3.9 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04647
    B22—11 to 15 centimeters (4.3 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04648
    B23—15 to 21 centimeters (5.9 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04649
    B3—21 to 28 centimeters (8.3 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04650
    C1—28 to 42 centimeters (11.0 to 16.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04651
    C2—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04652
    2C1—54 to 67 centimeters (21.3 to 26.4 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04653
    2C2—67 to 87 centimeters (26.4 to 34.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; massive; firm; 0.5 roots; vesicular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04654