IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moquah

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1999mi131003

User Pedon ID: S1999MI131003

Vegetation Plot ID: S1999mi131003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 00P0275

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11783

Print Date: 11/26/2024

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: 46.8419456

Std. Longitude: -89.3249969

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Ontonagon river floodplain

Map Unit: 119A—MOQUAH VERY FINE SANDY LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES, OCCATIONALLY FLOODED

State: Michigan

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

PEDON

Describers Name: JSE, WCA

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Udifluvents

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 - Moquah

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Udifluvents

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/25/1999

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loamy alluvium

Landscape: till plain

Landform: flood plain

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: frequent flooding begining in apr

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/25/1999 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 4911-23

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Microrelief Kind: microlow

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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
ACSA2 ARTR BEPA CATH2 EQUIS FRPE THOC2 TIAM	Acer saccharinum Arisaema triphyllum Betula papyrifera Caulophyllum thalictroides Equisetum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Thuja occidentalis Tilia americana	silver maple Jack in the pulpit paper birch blue cohosh horsetail green ash arborvitae American basswood	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	0—13 13—213	—- —-

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
—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, reddish gray (5YR 5/2) broken face, dry; loam; 49 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 9 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01948; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face loamy fine sand; 75 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01949; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C2—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face very fine sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; very friable; 10.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01950; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C3—66 to 119 centimeters (26.0 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 25 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; friable; 5.0 very coarse roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 3 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01951; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C4—119 to 213 centimeters (46.9 to 83.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face stratified stratified very fine sandy loam to silt loam; 68 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 5 percent clay; massive; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 00P01952; moist when described; observed in pit, small