IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kushneahin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AK280006
  • User Pedon ID: S1982AK280006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52361
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 56.5283318
  • Std. Longitude: -132.7500000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 62S
  • Range: 80E
  • Section: 3
  • Location Description: Stikine Area; Tongass National Forest
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
  • MLRA: 168—Southeastern Alaska
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK645—Stikine Area, Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil R. Babik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic Typic Cryosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kushneahin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kina
  • Taxonomic Class - Dysic Typic Cryosaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mossy organic material and/or herbaceous organic material
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    100

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    7.2

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    Oe1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00504
    Oe2—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00505
    Oa1—36 to 89 centimeters (14.2 to 35.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed highly decomposed plant material; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume wood fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00506
    Oa2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed highly decomposed plant material; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume wood fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 83P00507