IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NENANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AK240001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AK240001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959AK240001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0633
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33711
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 64.0766678
  • Std. Longitude: -145.5805511
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: northeast part of Big Creek Township, USGS
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK240—Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

    • 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 - NENANA
  • PSC - 10 to 15 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 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    LUPIN

    PIGL

    SALIX

    Lupinus

    Picea glauca

    Salix

    lupine

    white spruce

    willow

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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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    320

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    305

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    -2.8

    15

    -21.1

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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04719
    O21—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04711
    A12—1 to 8 centimeters (0.4 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04720
    O22—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); silt; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04712
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04721
    A1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04713
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04714
    B21—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04715
    B22—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04716
    B3—43 to 48 centimeters (16.9 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04717
    2C—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); gravelly sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04718