IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S03AK240005
  • User Pedon ID: S2003AK240005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S03AK240005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0266
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16560
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 63.3131676
  • Std. Longitude: -142.6735840
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pluton Site
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK240—Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. L. Ping
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, subgelic Andic Dystrocryepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over lacustrine deposits and/or eolian sands
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2003 (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

    CAREX

    LIBO3

    PIGL

    Carex

    Linnaea borealis

    Picea glauca

    sedge

    twinflower

    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

    2

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    525

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); peat; massive; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01195
    AB—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01196
    Bw1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face loam; strong very thin platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01197
    Bw2—41 to 55 centimeters (16.1 to 21.7 inches); 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine lenticular platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01198
    BC—55 to 75 centimeters (21.7 to 29.5 inches); silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01199
    C1—75 to 100 centimeters (29.5 to 39.4 inches); silt loam; strong fine platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01200
    2C2—100 to 110 centimeters (39.4 to 43.3 inches); sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 04N01201
    R—110 centimeters (43.3 inches); fragments.