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Soils of Local Importance Within the Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District and the Greater Fairbanks, Tochaket, North Star, Fort Wainwright, and Greater Nenana Soil Survey Areas

These lists contain those soil units that have the best properties for farmland within the Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District boundary.  It does not represent all farmland soils, only the best. Urban or built-up areas of the soil units listed are not considered important farmland.

Greater Fairbanks Soil Survey Area

Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Soil Type
116 Fairbanks silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Fairbanks
137 Jarvis fine sandy loam Jarvis
138 Jarvis-Chena complex Jarvis
139 Jarvis-Salchaket complex Jarvis   
Salchaket
163 Salchaket very fine sandy loam Salchaket
164 Salchaket-Typic Cryorthents complex Salchaket
Typic Cryorthents
170 Steese silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Steese
185 Typic Cryorthents-Urban land complex Typic Cryorthents


Totchaket Soil Survey Area

Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Soil Type
21 Richardson silt loam Richardson
22 Salchaket very fine sandy loam Salchaket


North Star Soil Survey Area

Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Soil Type
101 Bohica silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Bohica
102 Bohic silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Bohica
107 Fairbanks silt loan, 3 to 7 percent slopes Fairbanks
123 Jarvis-Fubar complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes Jarvis
124 Jarvis-Salchaket complex, 0 to  percent slopes Jarvis
Salchaket
129 Salchaket very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Salchaket


Fort Wainwright Soil Survey Area

Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Soil Type
32 Salchaket very fine sandy loam Salchaket
36 Jarvis very fine sandy loam Jarvis
42B Fairbanks silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Fairbanks
44B Steese silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Steese
361 Jarvis-Chena complex Jarvis
363 Jarvis-Salchaket complex Jarvis
Salchaket
UC Urban land-Typic Cryorthents complex Typic Cryorthents


Greater Nenana Soil Survey Area

Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Soil Type
29CR01 Typic Cryorthents-Urban land complex Typic Cryorthents
29FA01 Faa silt loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes Faa
29GE01 Gerstle-Moosehead complex Gerstle
Moosehead
29NE01 Nenana silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Nenana
29NE02 Nenana-Sawmill Creek complex Nenana
Sawmill Creek
29PL01 Eielson-Piledriver complex Piledriver
29SA01 Sawmill Creek silt loam Sawmill Creek
31FA01 Fairbanks silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Fairbanks
31FA08 Fairbanks-Steese complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes Fairbanks
Steese
31FA09 Fairbanks-Steese complex, 7 to 12 percent slopes Fairbanks
31HA01 Happy silt loam, 1 to 7 percent slopes Happy
31ST01 Steese silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes Steese


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