Ted Freeman

SCS (Soil Conservation Service) Collection

June 30, 1970

Part of the mission of the Soil Conservation Service in Alaska is to gather data related to winter snow accumulation and condition in various locations as a historical record and for use in understanding potential water runoff when the snowpack melts in the coming summer. This summer photo shows one of the permanent sites chosen where winter visits by SCS scientists and others will collect data about the snowpack conditions. Set amongst brush in foreground is a ladder-like structure with five small boards attached at about three-foot intervals to a pole approximately 15 feet tall. This structure is assumed to aid in determining snow depth at the time of later winter visits. Scattered spruce trees are apparent throughout the middle ground with rounded hills and low mountains in background.

Near Mt. Fairplay along the Taylor Highway

Black & White Paper Print, 4" x 5"

Snow Survey#4xn-SCS