IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FAIRBANKS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK090001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK090001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0616
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33694
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 64.9097214
  • Std. Longitude: -147.6261139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 300 feet north of McGrath Road; approximately 1/4 mile west of the Steese Highway; 5 miles north northeast of Fairbanks.
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James A. DeMent
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FAIRBANKS
  • PSC - 10 to 21 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04561
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04562
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04563
    B21—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04564
    B21—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04565
    B22—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04566
    B23—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04567