IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FAIRBANKS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AK090002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AK090002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0611
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33689
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 64.9097214
  • Std. Longitude: -147.6261139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FAIRBANKS
  • PSC - 18 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04506
    O2—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04507
    A1—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04508
    A2—16 to 24 centimeters (6.3 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04509
    B21—24 to 49 centimeters (9.4 to 19.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; very fine platy structure; friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04510
    B22—49 to 72 centimeters (19.3 to 28.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04511
    C1—72 to 103 centimeters (28.3 to 40.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04512
    C2—103 to 108 centimeters (40.6 to 42.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04513