IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AK050002
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AK050002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962AK050002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0657
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33735
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: about 1 mile northeast of Tununak; Bering Sea coast, Alaska
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK050—Bethel Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 10 to 20 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1962 (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

    2LICHN

    CAREX

    EMPET

    EQUIS

    LEDUM

    SALIX

    VAVI

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    Carex

    Empetrum

    Equisetum

    Ledum

    Salix

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea

    Lichen

    sedge

    crowberry

    horsetail

    Labrador tea

    willow

    lingonberry

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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

    25

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    91

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    203

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04896
    O2—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); black (5YR 2/1); 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04897
    A11—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04898
    A12—14 to 22 centimeters (5.5 to 8.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04899
    AC—22 to 42 centimeters (8.7 to 16.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04900
    C—42 to 60 centimeters (16.5 to 23.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly silt loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A04901