IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flintsteel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131036
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0422
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14272
  • 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: 46.9859467
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9670944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: The pedon is located about 1.1 miles southeast of Misery Bay, 0.8 miles east of the Misery River, 1.6 miles west of the Houghton County line, and 3/4 miles south of the Misery Bay Road.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSE
  • 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 #: 36
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Flintsteel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2000
  • 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 Flats: flat
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10035-212
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—132

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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

    3

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    217

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    Ao—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior mucky silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02418; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    EB—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate thin platy structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02419; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/E—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate thin platy structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02420; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204366; patchy - phpvsfiid 204366
    Bt1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 2 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02421; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204367
    Bt2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong thin platy structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02422; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204368
    Bt3—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong thin platy structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 1 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on top faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02423; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204370
    BC1—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong thick platy structure; firm; 1 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on top faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02424; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 204372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204371; continuous - phpvsfiid 204372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204371
    BC2—183 to 229 centimeters (72.0 to 90.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; strong very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02425; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204373