IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Typic Histoturbels
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007AK001003
  • User Pedon ID: S2007AK001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19400
  • 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: 70.2806396
  • Std. Longitude: -148.8973389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Prudhoe Bay-SNOTEL
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK185—North Slope Borough
  • MLRA: 246—Arctic Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Cindery Typic Histoturbels
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Histoturbels
  • Taxonomic Class - Cindery Typic Histoturbels
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: grassy organic material and/or loamy alluvium
  • Landform: coastal plain
  • Microfeature: high-center polygon
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Sedge wet tundra
  • 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

    histic epipedon

    reduced matrix

    0—68

    15—80

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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

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    1177

    Prudhoe Bay

    SNOTEL
    Oa—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; 40.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 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; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N00529
    Cg—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 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 and 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N00530
    Oab—27 to 35 centimeters (10.6 to 13.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; massive; 0.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 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 and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00531
    Oa/Cgjjf—35 to 68 centimeters (13.8 to 26.8 inches); 50 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 50 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) sandy loam, mucky peat; 0.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 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 and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 08N00532
    Cg/Oajjf—68 to 80 centimeters (26.8 to 31.5 inches); 75 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 25 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam, mucky peat; 0.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 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 and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # 08N00533