IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gull Point
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998mi131016
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI131001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998mi131016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11029
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.7361069
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5084229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50 N
  • Range: 42 W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 830 feet east and 120 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 2.6 miles east of highway 64 on LP Walsh Road
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Anzalone and Randy Tepler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gull Point
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 81 to 203 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium over silty till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4905-76
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    CAREX

    CATH2

    FRPE

    MENTH

    POTRT

    Carex

    Caulophyllum thalictroides

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Mentha

    Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides

    sedge

    blue cohosh

    green ash

    mint

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—81

    81—132

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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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    86

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) rubbed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00862; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior, dry; loam; strong coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00863; observed in pit, small
    AB1—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior, dry; loam; weak fine prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 3.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds and 3.0 coarse roots between peds; 95 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00864; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 344042; continuous - phpvsfiid 344042
    AB2—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2.5/1) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 3.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00865; observed in pit, small. lenses (3 feet long by 6 inches thick) of vfs (7.5YR 5/3) & sil (5YR 4/4); continuous - phpvsfiid 344043; continuous - phpvsfiid 344043
    2Bt—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.9 medium roots between peds and 0.9 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00866; observed in pit, small. small pieces of charcoal; patchy - phpvsfiid 344044; patchy - phpvsfiid 344044
    2BCd1—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.9 medium roots between peds; 10 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00867; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344045; patchy - phpvsfiid 344047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344046; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344045; patchy - phpvsfiid 344047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344046
    2BCd2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 99P00868; observed in pit, small