IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TALKEETNA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AK170001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981AK170001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981AK170001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49550
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 61.1666679
  • Std. Longitude: -151.5833282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK170—Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • MLRA: 170—Cook Inlet-Susitna Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK600—Matanuska-Susitna Valley Area, Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy-skeletal, mixed Humic Cryorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TALKEETNA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Talkeetna
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic over loamy-skeletal Humic Cryorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash influenced loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (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

    ANDRO2

    PIGL

    Andropogon

    Picea glauca

    bluestem

    white spruce

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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
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    O—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); muck; fragments.
    A11—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04235
    A12—14 to 17 centimeters (5.5 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04235
    B21h—17 to 22 centimeters (6.7 to 8.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04236
    B21ir—22 to 32 centimeters (8.7 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04237. Split for sampling 15-20 cm, 81P4237; 20-25 cm, 81P4238.
    B3—32 to 47 centimeters (12.6 to 18.5 inches); silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04239
    C—47 to 52 centimeters (18.5 to 20.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04240. Split for sampling 40-43 cm, 81P4240; 43-45 cm, 81P4241.
    Ab2—52 to 66 centimeters (20.5 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, weakly coherent; weakly smeary; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04242
    Bb21—66 to 75 centimeters (26.0 to 29.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; weakly coherent; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04243
    Bb22—75 to 91 centimeters (29.5 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; weakly coherent; weakly smeary; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04244
    2C—91 to 91 centimeters (35.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm, nonsticky; 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green.