IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FAIRBANKS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AK090002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AK090002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959AK090002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0613
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33691
  • 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: 64.7941666
  • Std. Longitude: -147.9894409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 200 feet north of Chena Ridge Road, 0.6 miles north of junction of Chen Ridge and River Roads. About 1/2 mile north of Tanana River. 8 miles west 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 #: 2
  • 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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIGL

    Picea glauca

    white spruce

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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

    10

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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 # 40A04529
    O2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (5Y 2/2); 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04530
    A1—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04531
    A2—16 to 22 centimeters (6.3 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04532
    B2—22 to 44 centimeters (8.7 to 17.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04533
    A'2—44 to 45 centimeters (17.3 to 17.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; strong very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04534
    B'T—45 to 46 centimeters (17.7 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04535
    B3—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04536
    C1—74 to 110 centimeters (29.1 to 43.3 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04537
    C2—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04538