IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHULITNA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK170001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK170001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0607
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33685
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 62.3162155
  • Std. Longitude: -150.2380371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Petersville Road, 3.5 miles west of end of main road near west bank of Susitna River. 4 miles west-southwest of Talkeetna.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK170—Matanuska-Susitna Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. T. Alexander, A. H. Paschall, and S. Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHULITNA
  • PSC - 25 to 89 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    2C3—0 centimeters (0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04480
    O2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04469
    A2—8 to 12 centimeters (3.1 to 4.7 inches); gray (N 5/0) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04470
    B21H—12 to 17 centimeters (4.7 to 6.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, weakly coherent; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04471
    B22IR—17 to 23 centimeters (6.7 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04472
    B3—23 to 32 centimeters (9.1 to 12.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04473
    A2B—32 to 38 centimeters (12.6 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04474
    B21B—38 to 49 centimeters (15.0 to 19.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04475
    B22B—49 to 59 centimeters (19.3 to 23.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fine pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04476
    B33—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fine pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04477
    C1B—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04478
    2C2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) and dark gray (N 4/0) sand; single grain; very friable; 0.5 roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04479