IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952AK261014
  • User Pedon ID: S1952AK261014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1952AK261014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0655
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33733
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 61.7583351
  • Std. Longitude: -146.5333405
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chugach Mountains, South Central Alaska
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK261—Valdez-Cordova Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kubota
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1952 (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

    BETUL

    EMPET

    SALIX

    Betula

    Empetrum

    Salix

    birch

    crowberry

    willow

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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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    O1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) peat; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04879; moist when described;
    A2—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04880; moist when described;
    B2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04881; moist when described;
    C1—18 to 114 centimeters (7.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04882; moist when described;
    2C2—114 to 114 centimeters (44.9 to 44.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04883; moist when described;