IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bergland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MI033002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MI033002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MI033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1944
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36102
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 46.1883278
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4612885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 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: L. Berndt, E.P. Whiteside, and S. Alfred
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bergland
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, nonacid Aeric Haplaquepts
  • 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

    ABBA

    PIMA

    SALIX

    Abies balsamea

    Picea mariana

    Salix

    balsam fir

    black spruce

    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

    1

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    787

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    6.7

    16.7

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    O2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1); friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15457
    A11—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A15458
    A12—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15459
    B21g—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15460
    B22—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 21 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 medium roots; olive gray (5Y 4/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15461
    B23—35 to 46 centimeters (13.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; gray (5Y 6/1) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15462
    B3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; greenish gray (5GY 6/1) coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15463
    C1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15464
    C2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; gray (5Y 6/1) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15465
    C3—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; gray (5Y 6/1) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15466