IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salchaket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991AK240005
  • User Pedon ID: 91AK240005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991AK240005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0964
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64001
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 63.8433342
  • Std. Longitude: -144.8874969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK240—Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid Typic Cryofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Salchaket
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salchaket
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Aquic Cryofluvent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POBAT

    Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

    black cottonwood

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    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

    1

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    368

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    270

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    Oe/C—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) mucky peat; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06043. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    Oe/C—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06043. 5 cm strata
    C—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loamy very fine sand, silt loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06044. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR44 mottles
    Oa/Cb—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); 70 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06045. common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    Oa/Cb—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06045. thin strata
    C/Oab—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06046. few very fine and fine roots; many coarse prominent 5YR44 mottles
    C/Oab—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06046
    C'1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/4) loamy fine sand, silt loam; 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive, and weak thin platy; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06047. few very fine and fine roots; common medium prominent 5YR44 mottles
    C'2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06048. thin strata of organic matter - root channels; few very fine roots; few medium prominent 5YR44 mottles
    C'3—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06049
    C'4—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loamy very fine sand; weak thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06050
    C'5—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06051. few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    C'6—145 to 185 centimeters (57.1 to 72.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 25 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak thin platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06052. mottles occur as thin stratas; strata of sand - 25% of horizon; few fine distinct 5Y42 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR44 mottles
    2C—185 to 196 centimeters (72.8 to 77.2 inches); sand and gravel; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.