USDA Soil Order
Gelisols
Soils with permafrost within 2 meters of the surface. Found in the coldest environments, they contain large stores of organic carbon.
Permafrost presentCryoturbation featuresHigh organic carbon storageFreeze-thaw disruption
Distribution: Alaska and high mountain areas.
Gelisols Distribution Map
Interactive choropleth map coming soon.
Will show counties where Gelisols is the dominant soil order.
Counties with Gelisols as Dominant Order(0)
No counties currently have Gelisols listed as the dominant soil order in our dataset.