IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pickford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MI033001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MI033001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MI033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1917
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36075
  • 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: 46.1719398
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4368439
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI033—Chippewa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI033—Chippewa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46084-B4—Pickford NW, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Alfred and E.P. Whiteside
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pickford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid Aeric Fluvaquents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1967
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1967 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALNUS

    SALIX

    Alnus

    Salix

    alder

    willow

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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

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    787

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    6.7

    16.7

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky* clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15250
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15251
    B21g—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15252
    B22—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15253
    B23—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15254
    B31—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15255
    B32—61 to 66 centimeters (24.0 to 26.0 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15256
    C1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) silty clay loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15257
    C2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15258
    C3—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) clay; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15259
    C4—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) clay; 1 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15260