IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KUSHNEAHIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK280008
  • User Pedon ID: S1983AK280008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983AK280008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0765
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53552
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 55.9236107
  • Std. Longitude: -132.1666718
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68S
  • Range: 86E
  • Section: 31
  • Location Description: South side of Brownson Island
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
  • MLRA: 168—Southeastern Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil R Bahik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic Typic Cryosaprists
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KUSHNEAHIN
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kina
  • Taxonomic Class - Dysic Typic Cryosaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material and/or woody organic material
  • Landform: island
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/1983 (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

    CALY4

    LYSIC

    PISI

    THPL

    TSHE

    Cassiope lycopodioides

    Lysichiton

    Picea sitchensis

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    clubmoss mountain heather

    skunkcabbage

    Sitka spruce

    western redcedar

    western 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

    2

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    15

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    180

    2032

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    7.2

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    Oi1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) herbaceous material, slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03783
    Oa1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and very pale brown (10YR 8/3) herbaceous material, woody material; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03784
    Oa2—51 to 130 centimeters (20.1 to 51.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and very pale brown (10YR 8/3) woody material, herbaceous material; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6. Lab sample # 83P03785