IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AK122002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AK122002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33714
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 59.9444695
  • Std. Longitude: -151.7356415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: In the Ninilchik Soil Conservation Subdistrict about 7 miles south southwest of Ninilchik; about .2 miles north of Mile-post 146 on the Sterling Highway; about 100 yards east of sea cliff along Cook Inlet.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK122—Kenai Peninsula Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04736; moist when described;
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04737; moist when described;
    A3—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04738; moist when described;
    B1—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04739; moist when described;
    B2—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak prismatic structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 1 percent manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04740; moist when described;
    B3—59 to 79 centimeters (23.2 to 31.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04741; moist when described;
    C1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04742; moist when described;
    C2—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04743; moist when described;