IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RAMPART
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AK290003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AK290003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959AK290003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0641
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33719
  • 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: 65.7750000
  • Std. Longitude: -144.1610000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.6 miles south of Circle; mile 155.9 Steese Highway, 300 feet northwest of road near crest of low ridge
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RAMPART
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1959 (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

    ALNUS

    PIGL

    SALIX

    Alnus

    Picea glauca

    Salix

    alder

    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

    18

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    290

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    203

    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); 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04778
    A1—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04779
    B2—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04780
    B3—26 to 44 centimeters (10.2 to 17.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04781
    C1—44 to 56 centimeters (17.3 to 22.0 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04782
    C2—56 to 77 centimeters (22.0 to 30.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium mottles; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04783
    C3—77 to 89 centimeters (30.3 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04784
    C4—89 to 115 centimeters (35.0 to 45.3 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04785