IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanriper
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MI103002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MI103002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0552
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64791
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 46.4991684
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0897217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet east and 2400 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 2 1/2 miles south 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-D1—Witch Lake NE, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Schwenner, J. Davis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanriper
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/9/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    25

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    864

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    5

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0); weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. well decomposed forest litter
    E—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) cobbly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03217
    Bs1—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) cobbly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03218
    Bs2—31 to 49 centimeters (12.2 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) cobbly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03219
    BC—49 to 59 centimeters (19.3 to 23.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very cobbly very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 8 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03220
    2C1—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very cobbly very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 8 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03221
    2C2—74 to 206 centimeters (29.1 to 81.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03222