IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moosehead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006AK240002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006AK240002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19507
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 63.8811111
  • Std. Longitude: -145.0274963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough
  • MLRA: 229—Interior Alaska Lowlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AK610—Greater Fairbanks Area, Alaska

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Aquic Haplocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moosehead
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Aquic Haplocryepts
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 100 m of SL-LN and 15 cm of Depth to Charcoal and


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: F,AS,W
  • 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

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

    11/14/2006

    50

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    8
    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

    1

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    54

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    OA—1 to 15 centimeters (0.4 to 5.9 inches); 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/),; subangular blocky structure; 13.0 very fine and fine roots and 7.0 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; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00096
    Ap—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); 94 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 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; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00097
    Bw—30 to 60 centimeters (11.8 to 23.6 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 3 percent fine grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries and 3 percent medium yellowish red (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; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00098
    2C1—60 to 65 centimeters (23.6 to 25.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 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; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00099
    2C2—65 to 95 centimeters (25.6 to 37.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) very gravelly sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 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 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # 07N00100