IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saulich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007AK001008
  • User Pedon ID: S2007AK001008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19405
  • 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: 65.0769196
  • Std. Longitude: -145.8732452
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Monument Creek SNOTEL-FROZEN
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough
  • MLRA: 231—Interior Alaska Highlands

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, subgelic Typic Histoturbels
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saulich
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, subgelic Typic Histoturbels
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mossy organic material and/or loamy schist
  • Landform: mountain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2007 (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

    histic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    gelic materials

    permafrost

    0—39

    24—39

    39—58

    58—152

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

    10/29/2007

    10/29/2007

    50

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    —

    —

    -1

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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

    4

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    —

    —

    —

    290

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    949

    Monument Creek - frozen

    SNOTEL
    Oi—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) peat; 80.0 very fine and fine roots and 5.0 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00557
    Oe—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) mucky peat; 70.0 very fine and fine roots and 5.0 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00558
    Oa—24 to 39 centimeters (9.4 to 15.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; 60.0 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 08N00559
    C/Oef—39 to 58 centimeters (15.4 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loam; massive; very friable, 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 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00560
    Cf—58 to 100 centimeters (22.8 to 39.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loam; massive; very firm, 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 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 08N00561