IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WATTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MI131002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI131002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998MI131002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0171
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11030
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 46.7361107
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5083313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet E and 130 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WATTON
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1998 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    ATFI

    COCA13

    COCO6

    LYOB

    OSVI

    POGR4

    POTRT

    PTAQ

    Acer saccharum

    Athyrium filix-femina

    Cornus canadensis

    Corylus cornuta

    Lycopodium obscurum

    Ostrya virginiana

    Populus grandidentata

    Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides

    Pteridium aquilinum

    sugar maple

    common ladyfern

    bunchberry dogwood

    beaked hazelnut

    rare clubmoss

    hophornbeam

    bigtooth aspen

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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

    27

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    287

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00869
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00870
    Bw—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00871
    B/E—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine to medium roots between peds; 70 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00872
    Btd—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay loam; weak thick platy parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 70 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00873
    BCd1—97 to 160 centimeters (38.2 to 63.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay loam; weak very thick platy structure; extremely firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 40 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00874
    BCd2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay loam; weak very thick platy structure; extremely firm; 30 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P00875