IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALCONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MI095008
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI095008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10904
  • 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: 46.6588860
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3429871
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 49N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet east and 2400 feet south of the NW corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI095—Luce
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI095—Luce County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46085-F3—Betsy Lake North, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GDW
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ALCONA
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Alfic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5C
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    argillic horizon

    10—20

    20—46

    56—114

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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

    20

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    225

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    140

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    Oe—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1); moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. partially decomposed organic matter.
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00235
    Bhs1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00236
    Bhs2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00237
    E/B—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; strong medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00238
    B/E—56 to 114 centimeters (22.0 to 44.9 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish gray (5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00239
    C—114 to 203 centimeters (44.9 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P00240