IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sporley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999mi131008
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI131008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999mi131008
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0280
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11788
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.8522224
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3377762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 52 N
  • Range: 40 W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 1100 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Leneville farm
  • Map Unit: 129F—KARLIN - SPORLEY COMPLEX, 1 TO 70 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSE, WA, RFT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sporley
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4911-23
  • 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

    ACSA2

    CORYL

    HIERA

    POGR4

    TRIEN

    VIAC

    Acer saccharinum

    Corylus

    Hieracium

    Populus grandidentata

    Trientalis

    Viburnum acerifolium

    silver maple

    hazelnut

    hawkweed

    bigtooth aspen

    starflower

    mapleleaf viburnum

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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

    50

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    170

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) exterior loamy sand; 77 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium 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 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 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 4.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01974; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) broken face fine sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky 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 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 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 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01975; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face sand; 86 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 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; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01976; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E/B—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) broken face and 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face stratified stratified silt to loamy very fine sand to very fine sandy loam; 5 percent sand; 90 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 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 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01977; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/E—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); 45 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) broken face and 55 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face stratified stratified loamy very fine sand to silt loam to very fine sandy loam; 45 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 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; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01978; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E'/B'—94 to 170 centimeters (37.0 to 66.9 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) broken face and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face stratified stratified loamy very fine sand to silt loam to very fine sandy loam; 50 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 3 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 3 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 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 5.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 00P01979; moist when described; observed in pit, small