IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Michigamme
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1978MI013007
User Pedon ID:
78MI013007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
79P0029
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46213
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
46.4852791
Std. Longitude:
-88.5102768
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
47N
Range:
34W
Section:
12
PLSS Details:
SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4
State:
Michigan
County:
MI013—Baraga
PEDON
Describers Name:
E. P. Whiteside and N. W. Stroesenreuther
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
7
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Michigamme
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed Haplorthox
PSC -
25 to 79 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1978
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
plain
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hardwoods
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
spodic horizon
0—11
12—50
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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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1A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00139. many fine roots
1A2—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00140. many fine roots
1B21h—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00141. many fine and medium roots
1B22ir—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00142. many fine and medium roots
1B23ir—36 to 50 centimeters (14.2 to 19.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00143. common fine roots
1B24—50 to 60 centimeters (19.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior cobbly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 38 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P00144. few fine roots
2A'2x—60 to 79 centimeters (23.6 to 31.1 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00145. few fine roots
3R—79 to 90 centimeters (31.1 to 35.4 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. 1 cm coating weak red (2.5YR 5/2) firm loam on top of rock.