IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK280009
  • User Pedon ID: S1983AK280009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0766
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53553
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 55.9333344
  • Std. Longitude: -132.1666718
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68S
  • Range: 86E
  • Section: 31
  • Location Description: South side of Brownson Island, about 40 miles south of the City of Wrangell.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
  • MLRA: 168—Southeastern Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil R. Babik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, dysic Terric Cryohemists
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • 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 over subglacial till
  • 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
    • 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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    10

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    15

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    Oe1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) rubbed and very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face mucky peat; moderate 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03786
    Oa1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03787
    Oe2—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1) broken face mucky peat; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03788
    2C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03789