IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Omega
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1923
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36081
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.6524963
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5922775
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 49N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI013—Baraga
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI913—Baraga County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46088-F5—Baraga Plains, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson and E.P. Whiteside
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Omega
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIBA2

    PTERI

    QUBE5

    VACCI

    Pinus banksiana

    Pteridium

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Vaccinium

    jack pine

    brackenfern

    scrub oak

    blueberry

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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

    1

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    813

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    6.7

    16.1

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2); weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15299. roots are fibrous
    A2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15300
    B21—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15301
    B22—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15302
    B3—46 to 67 centimeters (18.1 to 26.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15303
    C1—67 to 97 centimeters (26.4 to 38.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15304
    C2—97 to 239 centimeters (38.2 to 94.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15305