IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flintsteel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998mi131011
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI131003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998mi131011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11031
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 46.7358284
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5031433
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50 N
  • Range: 42 W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet east and 300 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 2.8 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, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Flintsteel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    COCA13

    COCO6

    FRAGA

    HULU2

    POGR4

    POTR5

    PTAQ

    VIOLA

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Cornus canadensis

    Corylus cornuta

    Fragaria

    Huperzia lucidula

    Populus grandidentata

    Populus tremuloides

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Viola

    red maple

    sugar maple

    bunchberry dogwood

    beaked hazelnut

    strawberry

    shining clubmoss

    bigtooth aspen

    quaking aspen

    western brackenfern

    violet

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—51

    51—84

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    320

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00876; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E/A—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, 80 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) exterior and 20 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00877; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/E—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); 75 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and 25 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) exterior, dry; loam, silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.9 very fine to medium roots; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00878; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 344052; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344053; continuous - phpvsfiid 344052; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344053
    Bt—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate thick platy parts to weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; 6 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00879; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 344051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344050; patchy - phpvsfiid 344051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344050
    BC1—84 to 153 centimeters (33.1 to 60.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak very thick platy structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on tops of soil columns; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00880; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344049; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344049
    BC2—153 to 203 centimeters (60.2 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; weak very thick platy structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on tops of soil columns; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 99P00881; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344048; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 344048