IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AK170001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AK170001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AK170001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0660
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33738
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 100 yards north of S 1/4 corner
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK170—Matanuska-Susitna Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    PICEA

    Betula

    Picea

    birch

    spruce

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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

    1

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    46

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04922
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04923
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04924
    A2—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04925
    BG—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04926
    C1G—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04927
    C2G—58 to 145 centimeters (22.8 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and gray (5Y 5/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; brown (10YR 4/3) mottles; weak coarse platy structure; friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A04928
    2C3—145 to 145 centimeters (57.1 to 57.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04929