IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RAMPART
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AK290002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AK290002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959AK290002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0640
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33718
  • 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: 65.7140000
  • Std. Longitude: -144.3010000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mile 148.2, Steese Highway at top of ridge 600 feet west of highway. 15 miles southeast of Circle
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK290—Yukon-Koyukuk 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RAMPART
  • PSC - 8 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1959 (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

    SALIX

    Picea glauca

    Salix

    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

    20

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    290

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    180

    254

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    -5

    16.1

    -25.6

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    O2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04772
    A1—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04773
    B2—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04774
    B3—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04775
    C1—54 to 66 centimeters (21.3 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04776
    C2—66 to 105 centimeters (26.0 to 41.3 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04777