IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999mi131011
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI131011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999mi131011
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - none
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0282
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11790
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.8216667
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5044479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 975 feet south and 300 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Site on white pine mine along CCC rd.
  • Map Unit: 108A—GREENSTONE SILT LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenstone
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Aquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 30 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1999 (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

    ASTER

    ATHYR

    CORYL

    HULU2

    PTERI

    Aster

    Athyrium

    Corylus

    Huperzia lucidula

    Pteridium

    aster

    ladyfern

    hazelnut

    shining clubmoss

    brackenfern

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

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    46 - 53

    53 -

    8 - -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    6—15

    30—46

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    13—15—25
    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

    1

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    10

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) exterior highly decomposed plant material; 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 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01987; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; 32 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots between peds and 2.0 very coarse roots between peds and 2.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots between peds and 2.0 coarse roots between peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 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 4 percent by volume nonflat 75-100-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 00P01988; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 26 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 20 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 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 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-140-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01989; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169696; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169696
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face cobbly silt loam; 24 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 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 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-450-600 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-30-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01990; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169697; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169698; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169697; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169698
    Crt—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) broken face bedrock; massive; extremely firm; 50 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 26 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 26 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P01991; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169699; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169699
    R—53 to 203 centimeters (20.9 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) exterior 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