IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mutnala

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 08MC001

User Pedon ID: S2008AK002011

Vegetation Plot ID: 08MC001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0009

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19941

Print Date: 11/25/2024

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: 59.8608017

Std. Longitude: -151.3150024

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Anchor River Divide SNOTEL

State: Alaska

County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough

MLRA: 224—Cook Inlet Lowlands

PEDON

Describers Name: Mark Clark

Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy, amorphic over mixed, superactive Andic Humicryods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 11

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Mutnala

Taxonomic Class - Medial over loamy, amorphic over mixed, superactive Andic Humicryods

Classificaton Date - 6/4/2008

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: silty volcanic ash and/or silty loess over loamy till

Landform: till plain

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/4/2008 (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
ALVIS ATHYR CACA4 PIGL SALIX SPBE	Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Athyrium Calamagrostis canadensis Picea glauca Salix Spiraea beauverdiana	Sitka alder ladyfern bluejoint white spruce willow —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon spodic horizon	4—10 10—42	—- —-

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
5	180	60	489	—	185	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1062	Anchor River Divide	SNOTEL

Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) moderately decomposed plant material; 30 percent silt; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00011

AE—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; 25 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 15 percent medium distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00012

Bhs—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/3) silt loam; 25 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00013

Bs—20 to 42 centimeters (7.9 to 16.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; 30 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00014

2BC—42 to 62 centimeters (16.5 to 24.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00015

2C1—62 to 96 centimeters (24.4 to 37.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00016

2C2—96 to 152 centimeters (37.8 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) cobbly loam; 45 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N00017