IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Typic Haplocryepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006AK002021
  • User Pedon ID: S2006AK002021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18749
  • 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: 59.6980553
  • Std. Longitude: -150.7116699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Nuka Glacier-SNOTEL
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • MLRA: 222—Southern Alaska Coastal Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal Typic Haplocryepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Haplocryepts
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal Typic Haplocryepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Willow shrub scrub
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    2—20

    20—43

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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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    35

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    1037

    Nuka Glacier

    SNOTEL
    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) slightly decomposed plant material; nonsticky, nonplastic; 50.0 very fine and fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01108
    A—2 to 20 centimeters (0.8 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50.0 very fine and fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01109
    Bw—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01110
    C1—43 to 83 centimeters (16.9 to 32.7 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01111
    C2—83 to 152 centimeters (32.7 to 59.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # 07N01112