IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gogebic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131017
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0417
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14267
  • 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: 46.7005539
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8273239
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 OF SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located about 2 miles east of the Gogebic County line and 0.8 mile south of South Boundary Road.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gogebic
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • PSC - 28 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • 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: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat rounded 75- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10039-145
  • 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

    ABBA

    ACSA3

    ARNU2

    BEAL2

    CAREX

    CLBO3

    COCO6

    DRCA11

    LOCA7

    MACA4

    OSVI

    POPU4

    TIAM

    TRBO2

    TSCA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Carex

    Clintonia borealis

    Corylus cornuta

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Lonicera canadensis

    Maianthemum canadense

    Ostrya virginiana

    Polygonatum pubescens

    Tilia americana

    Trientalis borealis

    Tsuga canadensis

    balsam fir

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    sedge

    bluebead

    beaked hazelnut

    spinulose woodfern

    American fly honeysuckle

    Canada mayflower

    hophornbeam

    hairy Solomon's seal

    American basswood

    starflower

    eastern hemlock

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

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    91 - 142

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    fragipan

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    3—8

    8—91

    91—142

    142—203

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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

    33

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    460

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    290

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    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; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02384; moist when described; observed in cut
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior, dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02385; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bhs—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 01N02386; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bs1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02387; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bs2—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02388; moist when described; observed in cut
    Btx—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 10 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02389; moist when described; observed in cut. patchy - phpvsfiid 204374; patchy - phpvsfiid 204375; patchy - phpvsfiid 204374; patchy - phpvsfiid 204375
    E/B—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02390; moist when described; observed in cut. patchy - phpvsfiid 204376; patchy - phpvsfiid 204376