IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Porkies
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131022
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14269
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.6866646
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8581543
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located about 1/2 mile east of the Gogebic County line and about 1.4 miles south of the South Boundary Road.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Porkies
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy basal till
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat rounded 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/2000 (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

    BEAL2

    BOVI

    CAREX

    COCO6

    DRCA11

    EQFL

    GYDR

    MARAR

    OSCL

    POPU4

    POTR5

    TIAM

    TRBO2

    TSCA

    VIOLA

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Botrychium virginianum

    Carex

    Corylus cornuta

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Equisetum fluviatile

    Gymnocarpium dryopteris

    Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum

    Osmorhiza claytonii

    Polygonatum pubescens

    Populus tremuloides

    Tilia americana

    Trientalis borealis

    Tsuga canadensis

    Viola

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    rattlesnake fern

    sedge

    beaked hazelnut

    spinulose woodfern

    water horsetail

    western oakfern

    feathery false lily of the valley

    Clayton's sweetroot

    hairy Solomon's seal

    quaking aspen

    American basswood

    starflower

    eastern hemlock

    violet

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

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    81 - 132

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—81

    81—132

    132—206

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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

    19

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    440

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    80

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02397; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior cobbly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02398; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oeb—28 to 30 centimeters (11.0 to 11.8 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Eb—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior, dry; cobbly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02399; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior cobbly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02400; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior cobbly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02401; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bx—81 to 132 centimeters (31.9 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 1.0 fine to coarse roots; 60 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02402; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The fragipan in the Bx horizon is weak but brittle.; continuous - phpvsfiid 204387; continuous - phpvsfiid 204387
    Bt—132 to 206 centimeters (52.0 to 81.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 4 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 6 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02403; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Discontinuous silt lens in Bt horizon. Seepage at 80 inches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204389; patchy - phpvsfiid 204388; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204389; patchy - phpvsfiid 204388
    C—206 to 229 centimeters (81.1 to 90.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02404; moist when described; observed in pit, small