IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RAMPART
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AK240003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AK240003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959AK240003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0639
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33717
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.2 miles south of Eagle on the Taylor Highway. Sampled 400 feet north of the road near crest of low ridge
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK240—Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or loess
  • 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

    BETUL

    PIGL

    Betula

    Picea glauca

    birch

    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

    22

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    244

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    225

    279

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    -3.9

    15.6

    -24.4

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04762
    O2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04763
    A1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04764
    A2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04765
    B2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04766
    B3—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04767
    C1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04768
    C2—61 to 64 centimeters (24.0 to 25.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04769
    C3—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; strong very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04770
    C4—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong fine platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04771