IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: H99MI003-1
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0944
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12438
  • 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: 46.3858070
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9167633
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet S and 2100 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI003—Alger
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, acid, frigid Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eben
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, acid, frigid Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 56 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy outwash
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16SW
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: avo-a
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    56—64

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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

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    —

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    246

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    350

    780

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    123

    5

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; very cobbly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 600-?-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05677; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—15 to 56 centimeters (5.9 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face very cobbly fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; ; 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts; 1 percent by volume subrounded 600-?-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P05678; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face very cobbly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 8 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay bridges and 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent by volume subrounded 600-?-? millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P05679; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169709; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169710; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169709; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169710
    2BC—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very cobbly coarse sand; structureless single grain; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05680; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2B—89 to 203 centimeters (35.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face very cobbly coarse sand; structureless single grain; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 00P05681; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry