This page summarizes USDA SSURGO mapped soil information for Anchorage Municipality, Alaska.
Coverage measures mapped SSURGO intersection with Census land geometry. It does not mean that every parcel or point has complete soil information.
County summaries provide regional context across mapped soil units. Address lookup combines available public datasets for the Census-matched location.
| Symbol | Map Unit Name | Mapped Acres | % of Mapped Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| E23M4 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Mountains | 229,319.81 | 18.52% |
| E23M7 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Barren Mountains | 118,708.3 | 9.58% |
| 464 | Water, saline | 93,518.21 | 7.55% |
| E23M4 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Mountains | 75,193.87 | 6.07% |
| E28RC | Interior Alaska Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Barren Mountains | 54,547.07 | 4.4% |
| E23M4 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Mountains | 48,287.36 | 3.9% |
| E22M5 | Southern Alaska Coastal Mountains-Maritime Alpine-Barren Mountains | 46,208.23 | 3.73% |
| E23M7 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Barren Mountains | 42,094.49 | 3.4% |
| E23M7 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Barren Mountains | 37,331.18 | 3.01% |
| E23V | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Upland and Lowland-Valleys | 32,548.42 | 2.63% |
| E23V | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Upland and Lowland-Valleys | 31,112.58 | 2.51% |
| E23M7 | Cook Inlet Mountains-Boreal Alpine-Barren Mountains | 29,066.81 | 2.35% |
| E24W | Cook Inlet Lowlands-Boreal Water, Saline | 28,646.34 | 2.31% |
| 439 | Nakochna-Rock outcrop association, 20 to 85 percent slopes | 26,464.31 | 2.14% |
| 406 | Cryorthents and Urban land, 0 to 5 percent slopes | 22,852.29 | 1.85% |
| Component | Drainage Class | Hydrologic Group | Estimated Acres | % of Mapped Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E23-boreal rock outcrop and rubbleland | Unspecified | Unspecified | 340,855.95 | 27.52% |
| Water | Unspecified | Unspecified | 93,761.33 | 7.57% |
| E23-boreal alpine scrub-gravelly colluvial slopes | Well drained | A | 92,334.56 | 7.46% |
| E23-boreal subalpine scrub/meadow mosaic-silty till slopes | Well drained | A | 72,065.74 | 5.82% |
| E28-boreal alpine rock outcrop and rubbleland | Unspecified | Unspecified | 52,365.19 | 4.23% |
| E23-boreal alpine scrub-silty hummocks | Well drained | B | 48,013.97 | 3.88% |
| E22-maritime glaciers and permanent snowfields | Unspecified | Unspecified | 36,310.36 | 2.93% |
| E24-boreal water, saline | Unspecified | Unspecified | 34,372.7 | 2.78% |
| E23-boreal alpine dwarf scrub-gravelly colluvial slopes | Well drained | B | 34,091.07 | 2.75% |
| E23-boreal forest-silty till slopes | Well drained | B | 30,946.48 | 2.5% |
| E23-boreal permanent snow and ice | Unspecified | Unspecified | 29,536.1 | 2.38% |
| Deception | Well drained | B | 24,067.67 | 1.94% |
| Kichatna | Well drained | B | 19,446.14 | 1.57% |
| Talkeetna | Well drained | B | 19,302.9 | 1.56% |
| Cryorthents | Somewhat excessively drained, Well drained | B | 18,525.25 | 1.5% |
Hydrologic soil groups are USDA/NRCS classifications related to runoff potential under specified soil conditions. They are not a property-level flood-risk rating.