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:
11/11/2024
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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285
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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