IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AK180004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AK180004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962AK180004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0659
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33737
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3.5 miles west of north end of airstrip at Unalakleet, .3 mile west of entrance road to radar site, about 300 feet north of White Alice Road; Bering Sea coast, Alaska
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK180—Nome Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 10 to 26 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1962 (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

    ALNUS

    EQUIS

    Alnus

    Equisetum

    alder

    horsetail

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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

    50

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    183

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    180

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04913
    O2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04914
    A11—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); black (5YR 2/1) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04915
    A12—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04916
    AC—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04917
    C—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04918
    A1B—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04919
    CB—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very gravelly silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A04920
    R—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04921