IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Michigamme

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2000MI131013

User Pedon ID: S2000MI131013

Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131013

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 01N0436

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13281

Print Date: 12/17/2024

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: 46.8016739

Std. Longitude: -89.7690353

Datum: WGS84

Township: 51N

Range: 43W

Section: 21

PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4

Location Description: The pedon is 300 feet southwest of the Lake of the Clouds parking lot along the escarpment trail in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.

State: Michigan

County: MI131—Ontonagon

PEDON

Describers Name: WA

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 13

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Michigamme

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Haplorthods

PSC - 28 to 76 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/14/2000

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy basal till

Landscape: till plain

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: basalt at 76cm

Geology: Keweenawan formation.

Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat rounded 75- to 600-millimeter

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/14/2000 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 10039-180

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 ACSA3 ARNU2 ASMA2 BEAL2 CLBO3 DRCA11 LOCA7 MACA4 OSCL2 OSVI POPU4 VIOLA	Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Aralia nudicaulis Aster macrophyllus Betula alleghaniensis Clintonia borealis Dryopteris carthusiana Lonicera canadensis Maianthemum canadense Osmunda claytoniana Ostrya virginiana Polygonatum pubescens Viola	red maple sugar maple wild sarsaparilla — yellow birch bluebead spinulose woodfern American fly honeysuckle Canada mayflower interrupted fern hophornbeam hairy Solomon's seal violet	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	—	76 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon albic horizon spodic horizon argillic horizon lithic contact	0—8 3—8 8—51 51—76 76—	—- —- —- —- —-

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
20	—	—	395	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02504; moist when described; observed in pit, small

E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02505; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02506; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bs2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02507; moist when described; observed in pit, small

B/E—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); 85 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N02508; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204272; patchy - phpvsfiid 204272

2R—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small