IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FAIRBANKS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AK090003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AK090003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0615
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33693
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 64.8905563
  • Std. Longitude: -147.3230591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: .15 miles north of Chena Hot Springs Road on private road, 200 feet west of private road; 12 miles east northeast of Fairbanks
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK090—Fairbanks North Star Borough

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rieger and James A. DeMent
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FAIRBANKS
  • PSC - 18 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04554
    A1&A2—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04555
    A2—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04556
    B21—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04557
    B22—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04558
    B2213B3—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04559
    B3—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04560