IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Munising
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1969
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36127
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 46.8466644
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2428207
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI013—Baraga
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI913—Baraga County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46088-G2—Skanee South, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson and W.P. Whiteside
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Munising
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Fragiorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    5

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    813

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    5.6

    16.1

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15649
    A2—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), gray (5YR 6/1), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15650. few tongues extend into B21hir
    B21hir—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, strongly cemented; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15651
    B22ir—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15652
    B3x—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand; weak thick platy parts to massive; slightly hard; brittle; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15653
    A2x—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) loamy sand; massive; very hard; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15654
    B21x—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; massive; very hard; brittle; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15655
    B22t—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15656
    C1—157 to 208 centimeters (61.8 to 81.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and weak red (2.5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15657. auger sample
    C2—208 to 254 centimeters (81.9 to 100.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and dusky red (10R 3/4) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15658. auger sample