IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wakefield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U99MI053-26
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI053026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0455
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15055
  • 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: 46.5285225
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2190399
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI053—Gogebic
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI609—Gogebic County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Perkis, Silkworth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, frigid Alfic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wakefield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2002
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wakefield
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till derived from mixed
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4901-27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    38 - 63

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

    spodic horizon

    fragipan

    argillic horizon

    15—38

    38—64

    64—135

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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

    3

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N02626; observed in trench
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 01N02627; observed in trench
    Bhs1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02628; observed in trench
    Bhs2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02629; observed in trench
    Bx—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); 30 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm by silica; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N02630; observed in trench
    Ex—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm by silica; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 30 percent argillic tongues (volume percent); diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N02631; observed in trench
    E—63 to 135 centimeters (24.8 to 53.1 inches); 40 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) broken face fine sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    B—63 to 135 centimeters (24.8 to 53.1 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 40 percent albic tongues (volume percent); clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    BC—135 to 175 centimeters (53.1 to 68.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) broken face loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02632; observed in trench
    C—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) broken face loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 01N02633; observed in trench