IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gogebic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131025
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131025
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0443
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13288
  • 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: 46.6874962
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8353729
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located south of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park and about 1.5 miles east of the Gogebic County line. It is on east side of Blowdown Creek and 1.5 miles south of the South Boundary Road.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RFT, JSE, WA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 #: 25
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gogebic
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • PSC - 26 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/2000
  • 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: till plain
  • 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: 2.00 percent nonflat rounded 75- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/2000 (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

    DRCA11

    MACA4

    OSCL

    VIOLA

    VIPU3

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Maianthemum canadense

    Osmorhiza claytonii

    Viola

    Viola pubescens

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    spinulose woodfern

    Canada mayflower

    Clayton's sweetroot

    violet

    downy yellow violet

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

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    56 - 91

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—10

    10—41

    41—91

    56—203

    56—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

    10

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    490

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    270

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    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—1 to 10 centimeters (0.4 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior, gray (5YR 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02553; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/3) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 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 # 01N02554; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent prominent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 5 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 # 01N02555; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Bs horizon has pockets of "fragic material" with firm consistency.; patchy - phpvsfiid 204308; patchy - phpvsfiid 204308
    E/B—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and 20 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; firm; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 1 percent prominent pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02556; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 15% brittleness in the E/B horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 204309; patchy - phpvsfiid 204309
    B/Ex—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); 60 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam, gravelly loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 medium roots; 30 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume flat subangular 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02557; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 60% brittleness in the B/Ex horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204307; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204307
    Bt1—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 medium roots; 60 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 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 # 01N02558; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 204310; continuous - phpvsfiid 204310
    Bt2—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate thin platy structure; friable; 25 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02559; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204311; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204311