LOCATION BEARDSLEE               AK

Established Series
IRD. NDP/SCD
02/2022

BEARDSLEE SERIES

Landscape--plains
Landform--dunes
Slope--3 to 15 percent
Parent material--eolian sand
Mean annual precipitation--about 3680 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 4 degrees C
Depth class--very deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--udic
Soil temperature regime--cryic
Soil moisture subclass--typic

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed Typic Cryopsamments

TYPICAL PEDON: Beardslee sandy loam, forested, on an eolian dune of an outwash plain, on a slope of 4 percent at an elevation of 27 m (When described on May 30, 2014, the soil was moist throughout.)

Oe--0 to 13 cm; moderately decomposed plant material; very strongly acid (pH 4.9); abrupt smooth boundary

A--13 to 21 cm; sandy loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine, fine, and very coarse and many medium and coarse roots throughout; common very fine and fine interstitial pores; slightly acid (pH 6.2); clear smooth boundary

C1--21 to 48 cm; loamy sand, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) dry, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) moist; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common fine to coarse roots; common very fine and fine interstitial pores; slightly acid (pH 6.4); gradual wavy boundary

C2--48 to 150 cm; variegated sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; few very fine interstitial pores; slightly acid (pH 6.4)

TYPE LOCATION: Dry Bay Area, Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska; latitude 59.053645, longitude -138.261555, datum WGS84 (coordinates determined by a GPS unit)

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Mean annual soil temperature--1 to 7 degrees C
Soil moisture control section--dry less than 45 consecutive days in June through October (udic)

Particle-size control section
*Clay content--0 to 5 percent
*Sand content--75 to 100 percent

Oi horizon (where present)
Thickness--0 to 8 cm

Oe horizon
Thickness--2 to 14 cm

A horizon
Hue--7.5YR, 10YR
Value--2.5 to 4 moist, 4 to 7 dry
Chroma--1 to 4 moist or dry
Fine-earth texture--very fine sandy loam, sandy loam
Content of clay--2 to 5 percent
Reaction (pH)--5.5 to 6.4
Thickness--5 to 15 cm

C1 horizon
Hue--2.5Y, variegated
Value--3 to 5 moist, 5 to 7 dry
Chroma--1 to 4 moist or dry
Fine-earth texture--loamy sand, sand
Content of clay--0 to 3 percent
Reaction (pH)--5.5 to 6.4
Thickness--25 to 50 cm

C2 horizon
Hue--2.5Y, 5Y, variegated
Value--3 to 4 moist, 5 to 6 dry
Chroma--1 to 3 moist or dry
Content of clay--0 to 3 percent
Reaction (pH)--6.0 to 6.9
Thickness--75 to 140 cm

COMPETING SERIES:
Lukanin--O horizon consisting of a litter of grass and forbs; redder subsoil
Murkbay--O horizon consisting of a litter of grass and forbs; calcareous in control section
Skagway--water table within 50 cm of the mineral soil surface; calcareous in control section
Teklanika--annual precipitation of less than 800 mm; dry in some parts of soil moisture control section during the growing season

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Elevation--0 to 50 m
Climate--cool, moist summers; mild, wet winters
Mean annual precipitation--2150 to 6360 mm
Mean annual air temperature--1 to 8 degrees C
Frost-free period--90 to 154 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Monashka--water table within 20 cm of the mineral soil surface; on adjacent landforms

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--well drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)--high or very high throughout

USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--wildlife habitat, recreation, subsistence
Potential natural vegetation--Sitka spruce, goose neck moss, splendid feather moss, Sitka alder, common yarrow, beach strawberry

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Alexander Archipelago-Gulf of Alaska Coast, Alaska; MLRA 220; small extent

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: WASILLA, ALASKA

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve-Gustavus Area, Alaska; 2020.

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features in this pedon
*Ochric epipedon
*Particle-size control section--zone from 38 to 113 cm

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.