IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967AK210002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967AK210002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967AK210002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5499
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42743
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 57.1833344
  • Std. Longitude: -135.6666718
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 54S
  • Range: 61E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Alaska
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK627—Seward Peninsula Area, Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. W. Flach, W. M. Johnson, F. R. Stephens, and S. Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1967 (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

    PISI

    TSUGA

    Picea sitchensis

    Tsuga

    Sitka spruce

    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

    10

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    42

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    135

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    O1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); reddish black (10R 2/1); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41316; moist when described;
    O2—17 to 25 centimeters (6.7 to 9.8 inches); reddish black (10R 2/1) and very dusky red (10R 2/2) muck; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41317; moist when described;
    A2—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A41318; moist when described;
    A3—30 to 33 centimeters (11.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A41319; moist when described;
    B21h—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches); black (5YR 2/1) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A41320; moist when described;
    B22h—45 to 55 centimeters (17.7 to 21.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A41321; moist when described;
    B23irm—55 to 58 centimeters (21.7 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41322; moist when described;
    B31—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A41323; moist when described;
    B32—81 to 116 centimeters (31.9 to 45.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A41324; moist when described;
    B33—116 to 215 centimeters (45.7 to 84.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A41325; moist when described;
    C—215 to 255 centimeters (84.6 to 100.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A41326; moist when described;