IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keewaydin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MI103001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MI103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0551
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64790
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 46.5724983
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0683365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 2200 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 2 1/2 miles NE of the town of Michigamme.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI103—Marquette
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI103—Marquette County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46088-E1—Michigamme, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Schwenner, J. Antoniewicz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keewaydin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keewaydin
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed,
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/9/1992 (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
    • 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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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0); weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. well decomposed forest litter
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03212
    Bs1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03213
    Bs2—23 to 49 centimeters (9.1 to 19.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03214
    2BC—49 to 77 centimeters (19.3 to 30.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) cobbly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03215
    2C—77 to 206 centimeters (30.3 to 81.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly sand; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03216. firm in places; few thin bands of very gravelly loamy sand