IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salchaket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006AK240004
  • User Pedon ID: S2006AK240004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19509
  • 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: 64.1283340
  • Std. Longitude: -145.8244476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough
  • MLRA: 229—Interior Alaska Lowlands

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Mollic Cryofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salchaket
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Mollic Cryofluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1 m of Terr-Ht


    • SITE

  • Landform: mid flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—55

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

    11/14/2006

    50

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    12
    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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    330

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots and 8.0 medium roots and 3.0 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 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00104
    BC—20 to 55 centimeters (7.9 to 21.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 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; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00105
    C—55 to 115 centimeters (21.7 to 45.3 inches); 60 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) and 38 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots and 0.0 coarse roots; 2 percent fine 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; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00106
    2C—115 to 152 centimeters (45.3 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 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 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # 07N00107