IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FAIRBANKS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AK090001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AK090001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0612
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33690
  • 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
  • Location Description: 200 feet north of McGrath Road, approximately 1/4 mile west of the Steese Highway. 5 miles north northeast of Fairbanks
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger and James A. DeMent
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FAIRBANKS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (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

    16

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    259

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    180

    330

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    -3.3

    15

    -21.1

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04514
    O2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04515
    A1—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04516
    A2—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04517
    B21—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04518
    A'2—38 to 40 centimeters (15.0 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04519
    B'T—40 to 41 centimeters (15.7 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04520
    B22—41 to 47 centimeters (16.1 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04521
    A''2—47 to 49 centimeters (18.5 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04522
    B''T—49 to 50 centimeters (19.3 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04523
    B23—50 to 61 centimeters (19.7 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04524
    B3—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04525
    B'''T—69 to 70 centimeters (27.2 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A04526
    C1—70 to 110 centimeters (27.6 to 43.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04527
    C2—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04528