IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TOLSTOI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AK201006
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AK201006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962AK201006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0656
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33734
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hollis Soil Survey Area, Alaska; logged area across from Little Jim Cutover on Twelvemile Arm.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK201—Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. E. Stevens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thixotropic-skeletal Humic Lithic Cryorthods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TOLSTOI
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic-skeletal Humic Lithic Cryorthods
  • PSC - 10 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1962 (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

    COCA13

    THPL

    TSHE

    Cornus canadensis

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    bunchberry dogwood

    western redcedar

    western hemlock

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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

    50

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    76

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    135

    2692

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    7.2

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04884; moist when described;
    O21—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); black (5YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04885; moist when described;
    O22—12 to 15 centimeters (4.7 to 5.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04886; moist when described;
    A2—15 to 16 centimeters (5.9 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A04887; moist when described;
    Bh21—16 to 19 centimeters (6.3 to 7.5 inches); black (5YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04888; moist when described;
    Br22—19 to 23 centimeters (7.5 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04889; moist when described;
    B3—23 to 45 centimeters (9.1 to 17.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04890; moist when described;
    C1—45 to 53 centimeters (17.7 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04891; moist when described;
    C2—53 to 68 centimeters (20.9 to 26.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04892; moist when described;
    C3—68 to 86 centimeters (26.8 to 33.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) gravelly loam; massive; friable; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04893; moist when described;
    C4—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04894; moist when described;
    R—99 to 100 centimeters (39.0 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04895; moist when described;