IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Volkmar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006AK002017
  • User Pedon ID: S2006AK002017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18745
  • 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: 63.9438896
  • Std. Longitude: -145.3997192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Granite Creek-SNOTEL
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK240—Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
  • MLRA: 229—Interior Alaska Lowlands

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal Typic Haplocryepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Volkmar
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal Typic Haplocryepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Mixed spruce-quaking aspen forest
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    8—14

    14—38

    96—152

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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

    0

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    963

    Granite Crk

    SNOTEL
    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 90.0 very fine and fine roots and 20.0 medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01088
    A—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3) mucky silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 80.0 very fine and fine roots and 15.0 medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01089
    Bw—14 to 38 centimeters (5.5 to 15.0 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; strong thick platy structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01090
    C1—38 to 59 centimeters (15.0 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01091
    C2—59 to 96 centimeters (23.2 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 25 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01092
    2C3—96 to 152 centimeters (37.8 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume flat angular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 07N01093