IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windy Creek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04SP001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004AK068001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0964
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17573
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 64.2137756
  • Std. Longitude: -149.3934174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK068—Denali Borough
  • MLRA: 229—Interior Alaska Lowlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK655—Greater Nenana Area, Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, shallow Typic Histoturbels
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windy Creek
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, shallow Typic Histoturbels
  • PSC - 47 to 122 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    histic epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cryoturbation

    permafrost

    0—13

    0—22

    13—22

    28—60

    60—120

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    —-

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/13/2004

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    0
    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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    —

    234

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) ; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05295; moist when described;
    Oe—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) ; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05296; moist when described;
    A—22 to 28 centimeters (8.7 to 11.0 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05297; moist when described;
    Bjjg—28 to 60 centimeters (11.0 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate thin platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05298; moist when described;
    Bfg1—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); 70 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05299; frozen when described;
    Bfg2—80 to 120 centimeters (31.5 to 47.2 inches); ; fragments. Lab sample # 04N05300. Same as above, split for sampling.