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Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska
Map Unit Descriptions
Ecosystem: Kettle Map Component: K1; K1c
Extent: K1: 227 wetland polygons; 2589.0 ha; 1.83% of wetland area; 1.38% of wetland polygons. K1c: 2 wetland polygons; 68.0 ha; 0.05% of wetland area; 0.01% of wetland polygons. |
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 A small K1 pond about 20 miles NE of Homer (Circle Lake, polygon 10517). |
Wetland Indicators Type: Open water Average depth to water table: Water above the surface Organic layer thickness: n/a Average depth to redoximorphic features: n/a Common Soils: pond Common Plant communities: Tall cottongrass - Livid sedge
NWI: L1UB1 or PEM2H if shallow HGM: Terrene Basin groundwater-dominated Throughflow (headwater) |
| Accuracy assessment: 26 polygons interpreted as K1 on aerial photographs were field checked. 23 remained K1; 2 were revised to LB1 and 1 was revised to LB12.. | |
The K1 map component is a pond on a kettle-kame landscape. These units have standing water above the surface for the entire growing season. At their edges, emergent plant communities are common, and floating plants such as pond lily (Nuphar polysepala) and pondweeds (Potamogeton spp.) are also common when the pond is deeper. These wetlands are most common and extensive on the interlobate moraine described by Karlstrom (1964), between the towns of Nikiski and Sterling.
In Homer, the name K1c refers to a human-created K1 wetland.
