IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967AK261003
  • User Pedon ID: S1967AK261003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967AK261003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0663
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33741
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 61.1166649
  • Std. Longitude: -145.7833405
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 18 miles east of Old Valdez, Alaska
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 0 to 10 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1967 (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

    ALNUS

    Alnus

    alder

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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

    40

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    259

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    180

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    O1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04948; moist when described;
    O2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) muck; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04949; moist when described;
    A2—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) very gravelly loam; weak very thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04950; moist when described;
    B2H—26 to 43 centimeters (10.2 to 16.9 inches); reddish black (10R 2/1) very gravelly sandy loam; friable; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04951; moist when described;
    R—43 to 100 centimeters (16.9 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04952; moist when described;