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Fairbanks Prime and Important Farmland

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

Bohica 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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