IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nonesuch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MI131007
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI131007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99mi131007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11787
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 46.8133354
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5169525
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: site on White Pine Mine
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Eversoll and Bill Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nonesuch
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 28 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified at 127cm
  • Geology: Freda formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4905-80
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACRU

    ACSA2

    ARNU2

    CORYL

    DRCA11

    FRAM2

    POTRT

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharinum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Corylus

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Fraxinus americana

    Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides

    red maple

    silver maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    hazelnut

    spinulose woodfern

    white ash

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    3—10

    10—28

    28—86

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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

    2

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 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; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 41 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 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 and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face loam; 39 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 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 and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face very gravelly fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 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 and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106123; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106123
    Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 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 and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106124
    B/Ex—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 32 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments; 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 and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 106126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106125; patchy - phpvsfiid 106126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106125
    Crt—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); 95 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) exterior and 5 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) broken face silt loam, bedrock; 50 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 4 percent clay; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 70 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106127; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 106127
    R—127 centimeters (50.0 inches); bedrock; 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.; observed in pit, small