IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gogebic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994MI103004
  • User Pedon ID: S1994MI103004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994MI103004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67239
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.4566650
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7197189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet north and 350 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI103—Marquette
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI103—Marquette County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46087-D6—Ishpeming, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Schwenner and Ken Wikgren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gogebic
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.50 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 59W
  • Plant Association Name: ATD habitat type
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    BEPA

    DRSP4

    HULU2

    LYCOP2

    MACA4

    PIST

    POTR5

    QURU

    SAMBU

    TRBO2

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Betula papyrifera

    Dryopteris spinulosa

    Huperzia lucidula

    Lycopodium

    Maianthemum canadense

    Pinus strobus

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus rubra

    Sambucus

    Trientalis borealis

    balsam fir

    red maple

    sugar maple

    paper birch

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    shining clubmoss

    clubmoss

    Canada mayflower

    eastern white pine

    quaking aspen

    northern red oak

    elderberry

    starflower

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    8—13

    13—46

    46—86

    86—157

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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

    3

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    472

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    965

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    4.4

    15.6

    -6.7

    5

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    Airport

    MQT., MI

    NOAA
    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) partially decomposed organic matter; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1), gray (5YR 6/1), dry; cobbly very fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01423
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; cobbly very fine sandy 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 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 95P01424
    Bs1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) cobbly very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01425
    Bs2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01426
    2E/Bx—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 95P01427
    2E/Bx—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); 40 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; red (2.5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P01427
    2B/Ex—86 to 157 centimeters (33.9 to 61.8 inches); 30 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; red (2.5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P01428
    2B/Ex—86 to 157 centimeters (33.9 to 61.8 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 95P01428
    C—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01429. Weak thin plates inherent from parent material.