IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999AK180002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999AK180002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0543
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11402
  • 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: 64.9075012
  • Std. Longitude: -163.6734772
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK180—Nome Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, superactive, subgelic Typic Historthels
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, superactive, subgelic Typic Historthels
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: valley side
  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Oi—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) peat; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03814
    Oa—11 to 31 centimeters (4.3 to 12.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1) muck; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; fragments. Lab sample # 99P03815
    Bsh—31 to 57 centimeters (12.2 to 22.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03816
    2C—57 to 90 centimeters (22.4 to 35.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 99P03817. 5% pebbles/fine gravel in 2C.
    2Cr—90 to 110 centimeters (35.4 to 43.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very gravelly sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 99P03818