IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gogebic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131020
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0440
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13285
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 46.6971512
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8254318
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located south of the Porcupine Mountains and about 2 miles east of the Gogebic County line. It is 1/2 mile east of the Little Carp River Road and one mile south of the South Boundary Road.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • 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 #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gogebic
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • PSC - 28 to 51 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
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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

    ACSA3

    ARNU2

    CAREX

    DRCA11

    VIOLA

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Carex

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Viola

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    sedge

    spinulose woodfern

    violet

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

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    51 - 112

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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—10

    3—10

    10—51

    51—112

    51—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

    14

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    485

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    340

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02531; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02532; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02533; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Ex—51 to 112 centimeters (20.1 to 44.1 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 45 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02534; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The B/E horizon is hard and brittle. Seepage at 112 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204312
    Bt1—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02535; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204313; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204313
    Bt2—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; very friable; 10 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02536; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204314; patchy - phpvsfiid 204314
    Bt3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate very thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02537; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204315; patchy - phpvsfiid 204315