IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967AK261002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967AK261002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967AK261002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0662
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33740
  • 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: 60.4500008
  • Std. Longitude: -145.2166595
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 feet north of cabin on McKinley Lake Trail, about 22 miles east of Cordova
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK261—Valdez-Cordova Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. W. Flach and S. Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1967 (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

    18

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    30

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    315

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04939; moist when described;
    O2—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04940; moist when described;
    A2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04941; moist when described;
    B21H—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); reddish black (10R 2/1) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04942; moist when described;
    B22IR—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04943; moist when described;
    A12—40 to 51 centimeters (15.7 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A04944; moist when described;
    B12—51 to 63 centimeters (20.1 to 24.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04945; moist when described;
    2B3—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) coats; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04946; moist when described;
    2C—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 0.0 roots; very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04947; moist when described;