IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Au Train
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U99MI003-4
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0947
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12441
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.4464531
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7903061
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet S and 2600 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI003—Alger
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LMC-RE-MF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, isotic, acid, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Au Train
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, isotic, acid, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits derived from sandstone
  • Landform: erosion remnant
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent slight weathered sandstone, unspecified at 51cm with <10
  • Geology: Munising Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17NE
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: atd
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    ortstein

    spodic horizon

    5—23

    23—51

    23—51

    —18—

    —28—

    —28—
    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

    5

    —

    —

    231

    —

    315

    812

    —

    110

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Bhs1- 27 of 40 at 13 inches is strongly cemented ortstein. Bhs2- 35 of 40 at 19 inches is strongly cemented ortstein.
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) broken face and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) broken face loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05693; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) broken face loamy sand; massive; very firm; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05694; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 27" of 40" at 13" is strongly cemented ortstein.
    Bhs2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face loamy sand; massive; very firm; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05695; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 35" of 40" at 19" is strongly cemented ortstein.
    Cr—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) broken face sand; massive; very firm; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P05696; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    81 centimeters (31.9 inches); rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small