IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AK270003
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AK270003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962AK270003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0642
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33720
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: about 1/4 mile west of Scammon Bay village (Kutmiut); Bering Sea coast, Alaska
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK270—Kusilvak Census Area (old Wade Hampton)

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ALNUS

    BENA

    EMPET

    LEDUM

    VACCI

    Alnus

    Betula nana

    Empetrum

    Ledum

    Vaccinium

    alder

    dwarf birch

    crowberry

    Labrador tea

    blueberry

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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

    27

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    91

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    O1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04786
    O2—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04787
    A11—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) gravelly loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04788
    A12—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04789
    AC—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04790
    A11B—40 to 48 centimeters (15.7 to 18.9 inches); black (N 2/0) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04791
    A12B—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04792
    CB—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04793
    R—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04794