IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flintsteel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131024
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0442
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13287
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.7044411
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8600998
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located south of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. It is about 900 feet east of the Gogebic County line and about 1/2 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: JSE, RFT, WA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Flintsteel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2000
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy basal till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4905-179
  • 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

    ADIAN

    ARNU2

    CAREX

    COCO6

    DRCA11

    DRYOP

    LOCA7

    MACA4

    MARAR

    OSVI

    POPU4

    TIAM

    TRBO2

    TSCA

    UVULA

    Acer rubrum

    Adiantum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Carex

    Corylus cornuta

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Dryopteris

    Lonicera canadensis

    Maianthemum canadense

    Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum

    Ostrya virginiana

    Polygonatum pubescens

    Tilia americana

    Trientalis borealis

    Tsuga canadensis

    Uvularia

    red maple

    maidenhair fern

    wild sarsaparilla

    sedge

    beaked hazelnut

    spinulose woodfern

    woodfern

    American fly honeysuckle

    Canada mayflower

    feathery false lily of the valley

    hophornbeam

    hairy Solomon's seal

    American basswood

    starflower

    eastern hemlock

    bellwort

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—15

    30—157

    30—91

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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

    4

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    366

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2.5/0) interior moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02545; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02546; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Bhs contains about 25% ortstein.
    B/E—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02547; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 204300; continuous - phpvsfiid 204300
    Bt—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots; 2 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 40 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02548; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 204305; patchy - phpvsfiid 204306; continuous - phpvsfiid 204305; patchy - phpvsfiid 204306
    B/E'—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 30 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior silt loam, very fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 01N02549; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204301
    BC—91 to 157 centimeters (35.8 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 60 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02550; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 204302; continuous - phpvsfiid 204302
    C1—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior loam; weak very thick platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 3 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent prominent light red (2.5YR 6/6), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02551; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204303; continuous - phpvsfiid 204304; patchy - phpvsfiid 204303; continuous - phpvsfiid 204304
    C2—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very thick platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02552; moist when described; observed in pit, small