IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983AK280010
  • User Pedon ID: S1983AK280010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53554
  • 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: 56.0722237
  • Std. Longitude: -131.9750061
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 67S
  • Range: 87E
  • Section: 9
  • Location Description: North side of Frosty Bay about 34 miles southeast of the City of Wrangell.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK280—Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area
  • MLRA: 168—Southeastern Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Typic Cryaquods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: subglacial till derived from mixed
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1983 (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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    O1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) peat; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03790
    A2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03791
    Bh21—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) gravelly loam, muck; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03792
    Bh22—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly loam, muck; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03793
    Br3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) very gravelly loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03794
    C—66 to 175 centimeters (26.0 to 68.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) very gravelly loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03795